This is the John Hooker Haughton house, which stood west of Pittsboro on what is now the Goldston Road.

John Hooker Haughton was from a prominent eastern NC family and had studied law in Edenton. He moved to Pittsboro in 1837, shortly after his marriage to Eliza Hill, the daughter of Thomas Hill (another eastern NC planter, whose Pittsboro house was called Hailbron).

Here's what the Architectural Heritage of Chatham County NC has to say about the Haughton house:

"Hoping, no doubt, to impress the family of his bride, Haughton selected a conservative style that both recalled the important residences of the late eighteenth century and satisfied the contemporary taste for columns. A five-bay, two-story structure with a hipped roof skirted by a modillion cornice, the Haughton House was fronted by a double tier portico with Tuscan columns. However impressive his effort, the builder was definitely grounded in the local tradition. The house was built on stone and clay piers and demonstrated a rather free interpretation of the Classical style. The builder clustered the three central bays under the portico and crowned the last feature with a hipped roof rather than the usual pediment. Family tradition credits the design of this stylish house to Martin Hanks."

According to John H. London's Bygones and Survivors: Old Homes and Structures in and around Pittsboro, the Haughton House was torn down in the 1960s. 

Photo from the Chatham County Historical Association Architectural Heritage collection.

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