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North Carolina Highway 87 Bypass (NC 87 By-pass) was established in 2013 as a new primary route along existing sections of the Sanford Bypass (formally SR 9000), from NC 87 to US 1/US 15/US 501. The request to establish a bypass was pushed by the Sanford City Council and Lee County. Typically, the old alignment would become a business loop, but ...
Pittsboro was once considered as a site for both the University of North Carolina and the state capital. The university was established in Chapel Hill, beginning in 1789. The state capital is Raleigh, 34 miles (55 km) east of Pittsboro. As the county seat, Pittsboro has been a center of trade and local government, including the courts.
A. P. Terry House is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, three bay irregular plan Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features a wraparound porch and open, second story tower. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
Between 1958-63, NC 902 was truncated, just south of Bennett, at NC 22/NC 42; the old alignment became part of NC 42. [6] [7] In 1964, NC 902 was extended east to its current eastern terminus at US 64 (now US 64 Bus.) and NC 87 in Pittsboro. [8] [9] In 2000, NC 87 was rerouted onto 0.8 miles (1.3 km) of NC 902 in Pittsboro. [10] [11]
One plan shows I-87 running north along US 17 to the Virginia state line. In contrast, a second plan shows an interchange with I-87 and US 17 just north of modern-day McPherson Road and the Dismal Swamp Welcome Center. I-87 would then proceed to the east along new routing to North Carolina Highway 168 (NC 168)/State Route 168 (SR 168). The ...
The Chatham County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It sits at the center of town in the middle of a traffic circle. It was built in 1881 for $10,666 and is a two-story rectangular brick structure in the Late Victorian style. It features a two-story classical portico crowned with a ...
Alston-DeGraffenried Plantation or Alston-DeGraffenried House is a historic property located in Chatham County, North Carolina, near Pittsboro, North Carolina.It includes a plantation house built through the forced labor of at least 11 enslaved people [2] between about 1810 and 1825, and its surrounding agricultural fields.
Patrick St. Lawrence House, also known as the Yellow House, is a historic home located at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, center hall Georgian style architecture frame dwelling with a low gable roof. It was originally built as an inn and overlooked the courthouse square.