Magnolia Place Explained

Magnolia Place
Location:S of Morganton on U.S. 64 at Interstate 40, near Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.7178°N -81.6939°W
Built:, 1850
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal
Added:June 4, 1973
Refnum:73001297
Decrease:January 25, 2018
Decrease Refnum:100002046

Magnolia Place is a historic home located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. The original section was built about 1818, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, brick structure in the Federal style. Attached at the rear is a one bay by two bay temple form Greek Revival style addition built about 1850. It features a long full-height porch. The addition was built by Clarke Moulton Avery, second child born to Isaac Thomas Avery, master of Swan Ponds. In 1841, he married Elizabeth Tilghman Walton, daughter of Thomas George Walton, master of Creekside.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Survey and Planning Unit. Magnolia Place. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . February 1973. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.