Carrier Houses
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Carrier Houses | |
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Carrier-McBrayer House, January 2014 | |
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| Location | 415 and 423 N. Main St., Rutherfordton, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°22′11″N 81°57′25″W / 35.36972°N 81.95694°WCoordinates: 35°22′11″N 81°57′25″W / 35.36972°N 81.95694°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1835, 1879 |
| Built by | Harvey Dewey Carrier |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Transit. Federal/Gr. Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 92000681[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1992 |
Carrier Houses, also known as the Carrier-Ward House and Carrier-McBrayer House, are two historic homes located near Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina. The Carrier-Ward House was built in 1879, and is a two-story, weatherboarded, side-gabled Queen Anne-style frame house. It has a front projecting wing and a three-story square tower with pyramidal roof. The Carrier-McBrayer House was built about 1835, and is a transitional Federal / Greek Revival style I-houss with two-story ell. The weatherboarded house sits on a brick foundation.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Carolyn A. Humphries (January 1992). "Carrier Houses" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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