Avery Avenue School Explained

Avery Avenue School
Location:200 Avery Ave., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7478°N -81.6872°W
Architect:Hook, Charles Christian
Added:November 9, 1987
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:87001925

Avery Avenue School, also known as Catawba Valley Legal Services, is a historic school building located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built in 1923, and is a two-story, brick, crescent-shaped building. It has a polygonal center section features a pyramidal roof covered in mission tile and topped by a small belfry. The building housed a school until 1957 when it was converted to offices for Burke County.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suzanne Pickens Wylie. Avery Avenue School. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 1986. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.