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]
Gaither House | |
 Gaither House, August 2019 | |
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| Location | 102 N. Anderson St., Morganton, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°44′29″N 81°41′33″W / 35.74139°N 81.69250°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1840 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 76001310[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1976 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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.