Albert Swain Bryson House

The Albert Swain Bryson House, known locally as Hall of the Pines, is a historic house in Franklin, North Carolina. The 2+12-story brick and frame house occupies a prominent site on Pine Lane overlooking Main Street. It was built in the 1870s for Albert Swain Bryson, a prominent local farmer and magistrate. The house is a regionally rare example of vernacular Gothic and Italianate style, with steeply-pitched gables decorated with paired brackets, and a two-level porch with delicate sawn balustrade.[2]

Albert Swain Bryson House
Hall of the Pines
Albert Swain Bryson House is located in North Carolina
Albert Swain Bryson House
Albert Swain Bryson House is located in the United States
Albert Swain Bryson House
LocationPine Lane, Franklin, North Carolina
Coordinates35°11′2″N 83°22′35″W / 35.18389°N 83.37639°W / 35.18389; -83.37639
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1875 (1875)
Architectural styleRomantic Revival
NRHP reference No.84000541[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 20, 1984

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Albert Swain Bryson House" (PDF). North Carolina SHPO. Retrieved 2014-06-26.