Alphonse Calhoun Avery House | |
Nrhp Type: | cp |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | 408 N. Green St., Morganton, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 35.7481°N -81.6933°W |
Built: | c. |
Architecture: | Late Victorian |
Added: | July 12, 1984 |
Refnum: | 84001947 |
Alphonse Calhoun Avery House, also known as the Avery-Surnrnersette House, is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1876, and is a two-story, U-shaped, Late Victorian style brick house. It features a -story, squarish, brick tower topped by a mansard roof.
Alphonso Calhoun Avery was born at Swan Ponds in 1835, the fifth son of Isaac Thomas Avery (1785-1864).[1] Avery had a notable legal, military and political careers highlighted by an eight-year term as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is located in the North Green Street-Bouchelle Street Historic District.