Avery Avenue Historic District

Avery Avenue Historic District
Location Roughly along parts of Avery, Lenoir, Morehead, Walker, Evans, & Short Sts., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°45′11″N 81°41′18″W / 35.75306°N 81.68833°W / 35.75306; -81.68833Coordinates: 35°45′11″N 81°41′18″W / 35.75306°N 81.68833°W / 35.75306; -81.68833
Area 43 acres (17 ha)
Built 1875 (1875)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian
MPS Morganton MRA
NRHP Reference # 87001915[1]
Added to NRHP November 9, 1987

Avery Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It encompasses 112 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Morganton. They were built between about 1875 and 1935, and include representative examples of Colonial Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Late Victorian style architecture.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Suzanne Pickens Wylie (July 1986). "Avery Avenue Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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