{"nrhp_refnum":"73001296","name":"Bellevue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"On SR 1419, N of Morganton off NC 18","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morganton","county":"Burke County","state":"NC","lat":35.78216455300006,"lon":-81.70900971191602,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Bellevue is a brick plantation house on a hill overlooking a valley in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was completed in 1826 by James Erwin.","why_significant":"The nomination describes Bellevue as an important member of the Catawba Valley group of Federal period brick houses, noted for its brickwork, a variation of the Quaker plan, and an unusual full-height rear porch. It is locally significant for its long association with the Erwin family, who settled the area.","narrative":"Bellevue is a two-story brick plantation house on a hill above Morganton in Burke County, North Carolina, with a commanding view of the valley on three sides. Its walls are laid in Flemish bond on a stone foundation, and its interior trim is of the Federal period, including sunburst-carved mantels in the principal rooms. Completed in 1826 by James Erwin on land conveyed by his father, Alexander Erwin, a Revolutionary War soldier and one of the commissioners who laid out Morganton, the house passed to Colonel Joseph J. Erwin, who renamed it Bellevue. The property is significant for its place among the Catawba Valley brick houses, for its variation of the Quaker plan with a two-story loggia at the rear, and for its fine brickwork. Its long association with the Erwin family, who settled the area, adds local importance.","period_of_significance":"1826","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal period; Quaker plan variation","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Fair condition, altered, at original site","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.76409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7192/47719291/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001296.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001296/ba676ffac5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001296/ba676ffac5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Frances Benjamin Johnston","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellevue,_Morganton_vicinity_(Burke_County,_North_Carolina).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Frances Benjamin Johnston</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellevue,_Morganton_vicinity_(Burke_County,_North_Carolina).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719291","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_(Morganton,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985829"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/burke-county/bellevue-73001296/"}