Gaither House
Gaither House, August 2019
Gaither House (Morganton, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Gaither House (Morganton, North Carolina)
Gaither House (Morganton, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Gaither House (Morganton, North Carolina)
Location102 N. Anderson St., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°44′29″N 81°41′33″W / 35.74139°N 81.69250°W / 35.74139; -81.69250
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Builtc. 1840 (1840)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.76001310[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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.


Categories