Gaither House (Morganton, North Carolina)

Gaither House
Location 102 N. Anderson St., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°44′29″N 81°41′33″W / 35.74139°N 81.69250°W / 35.74139; -81.69250Coordinates: 35°44′29″N 81°41′33″W / 35.74139°N 81.69250°W / 35.74139; -81.69250
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built c. 1840 (1840)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 76001310[1]
Added to NRHP April 23, 1976

Gaither House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1840, and is a one-story, three-bay, hip roofed, Greek Revival style frame house. It features a three-bay, pedimented entrance porch supported by four, large, fluted Doric order columns. It was the home of Burgess Sidney Gaither (1807-1892), a Whig party attorney long prominent in local and state political activities.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Robert Topkins and Charles Greer Suttlemyre, Jr. (January 1976). "Gaither House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01. line feed character in |author= at position 33 (help)
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