{"nrhp_refnum":"73001297","name":"Magnolia Place","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Morganton on U.S. 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morganton","county":"Burke County","state":"NC","lat":35.718008388000044,"lon":-81.69356951699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large brick mansion at the junction of I-40 and U.S. 64 near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, combining an earlier Federal house (built about 1818) with a later Greek Revival enlargement under one temple-form roof.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an impressive Greek Revival temple-form residence that unusually incorporates an earlier Federal structure. It is one of an important group of antebellum mansions in the Catawba River valley. It also has local historical significance through its connection with the Avery and Walton families.","narrative":"Magnolia Place is a large brick mansion near Morganton whose unusual shape comes from joining two houses of different eras under one roof. About 1818, John Henry Stevelie, a Swiss-born merchant and former state senator, built the eastern Federal block, a two-story, five-bay house of Flemish bond brick. In 1847 Thomas George Walton sold the property to his son-in-law Clarke Moulton Avery, who soon enlarged the house to more than twice its size with a Greek Revival section. A common gable roof and a full-height porch with three large fluted Doric columns turned the L-shaped plan into a temple form. Inside, Federal mantels with sunbursts and Asher Benjamin-style mantels survive. Avery later commanded the Burke Rifles in the Civil War and was mortally wounded in 1864. The house is valued as part of the Catawba River valley's group of antebellum mansions and for its link to the Avery and Walton families.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"John Henry Stevelie (Federal section); Clarke Moulton Avery (Greek Revival section)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival temple form incorporating an earlier Federal house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, on its original site, and occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.478439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7193/47719305/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001297.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001297/7c72044d92-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001297/7c72044d92-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Warren LeMay","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnolia_Place,_Morganton,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magnolia_Place,_Morganton,_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719305","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_Place","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18153976"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/burke-county/magnolia-place-73001297/"}