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National Register listings in Burke County, North Carolina

44 listings 10 districts 38 with nomination summaries Updated October 2026
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Most notable listings

Avery Avenue School Morganton · Building · listed 1987 Avery, Alphonse Calhoun, House Morganton · Building · listed 1984 Bellevue Morganton · Building · listed 1973 Burke County Courthouse Morganton · Building · listed 1970 Creekside Morganton · Building · listed 1972 Dale's, USB Market Morganton · Building · listed 1987 Dalmas, Jean-Pierre Auguste, House Valdese · Building · listed 2002 Forney, Jacob, Jr., House Morganton · Building · listed 1976 Franklin-Penland House Linville Falls · Building · listed 2006 Gaither House Morganton · Building · listed 1976

Historic districts (10)

All listings

Places: Morganton (35) · Valdese (5) · Linville Falls (1) · Salem (1) · Hildebran (1) · Chesterfield (1)

NamePlaceTypeListed
Avery Avenue Historic District Morganton District 1987
Avery Avenue School Morganton Building 1987
Avery, Alphonse Calhoun, House Morganton Building 1984
Bellevue Morganton Building 1973
Broughton Hospital Historic District Morganton District 1987
Burke County Courthouse Morganton Building 1970
Creekside Morganton Building 1972
Dale's, USB Market Morganton Building 1987
Dalmas, Jean-Pierre Auguste, House Valdese Building 2002
Dunavant Cotton Manufacturing Company Morganton Building 2013
Forney, Jacob, Jr., House Morganton Building 1976
Franklin-Penland House Linville Falls Building 2006
Gaither House Morganton Building 1976
Garrou-Morganton Full-Fashioned Hosiery Mills Morganton Building 1999
Gaston Chapel Morganton Building 1984
Gilboa Methodist Church Salem Building 1984
Henry River Mill Village Historic District Hildebran District 2019
Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge Morganton Structure 1987
Jonesboro Historic District Morganton District 1987
Lackey, John Alexander, House Morganton Building 1987
Magnolia Place Morganton Building 1973
Magnolia Place (Boundary Decrease) Morganton Building 2018
Morganton Downtown Historic District Morganton District 1987
Mountain View Morganton Building 1984
North Carolina School for the Deaf Historic District Morganton District 1989
North Carolina School for the Deaf: Main Building Morganton Building 1976
North Green Street-Bouchelle Street Historic District Morganton District 1987
Pineburr Hosiery Mill Valdese Building 2025
Quaker Meadows Morganton Building 1973
Quaker Meadows Cemetery Morganton Site 1987
Riddle, Dr. Joseph Bennett, House Morganton Building 1984
Sloan-Throneburg Farm Chesterfield Building 2002
South King Street Historic District Morganton District 1987
Southern Railway Freight Station Morganton Building 2020
Swan Ponds Morganton Building 1973
Tate House Morganton Building 1973
Tate, Franklin Pierce, House Morganton Building 1986
Valdese Elementary School Valdese Building 1984
Waldensian Presbyterian Church Valdese Building 1984
Waldensian Swiss Embroidery Company–Valdese Weavers, Inc. Mill Valdese Building 2023
Walker Top Baptist Church Morganton Building 2024
West Union Street Historic District Morganton District 1987
Western North Carolina Insane Asylum Morganton Building 1977
White Street-Valdese Avenue Historic District Morganton District 1987

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