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°WCoordinates: 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
Governing body Private
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. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  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.