{"nrhp_refnum":"84001947","name":"Avery, Alphonse Calhoun, House","other_names":["Avery-Summersette"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"408 N. Green St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morganton","county":"Burke County","state":"NC","lat":35.74830622600007,"lon":-81.69311354899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Victorian-era house with a central tower, built about 1876 at 408 North Green Street in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, for Alphonso Calhoun Avery. It incorporates an older frame section dated probably 1840-60.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be one of Burke County's first substantial post-Civil War houses and among its few to adopt the irregular massing and Italianate detailing of the Victorian era. It is also linked to Alphonso Calhoun Avery, a Confederate officer, Superior Court judge and Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from a prominent western Carolina family.","narrative":"Built about 1876 in Morganton, this two-story brick house takes the rough form of an Italian Villa, with a squarish tower between two gabled ells and a Mansard roof on top. Corbelled brickwork, bracketed windows, an arcaded porch and an etched-glass Italianate front door give it a fashionable look unusual in western North Carolina at the time. Inside, a wide central hall holds a cantilevered stair, and the south parlor has ornate plaster work. A frame house of about 1840-60 was incorporated into the north side. The house was built for Alphonso Calhoun Avery, who lived there until his death in 1913. Avery came from a leading Burke County family and served as a Confederate officer, state senator, Superior Court judge and Associate Justice of the state Supreme Court. The house was among the county's first substantial post-war residences and reflected his social standing. After a period of decline, it was restored in 1982-83.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian-era Italianate, vernacular interpretation of the Italian Villa form","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Major sympathetic restoration in 1982-83 after a period of gradual decline; occupied as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.732695-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/3/7193/47719303/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84001947.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001947/66760f253a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84001947/66760f253a-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alphonse_Calhoun_Avery_House,_Morganton,_NC_(49010224196).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alphonse_Calhoun_Avery_House,_Morganton,_NC_(49010224196).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87001926","name":"North Green Street-Bouchelle Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/north-green-street-bouchelle-street-historic-district-87001926/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719303","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Calhoun_Avery_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985691"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/burke-county/avery-alphonse-calhoun-house-84001947/"}