Magnolia Place (Boundary Decrease)
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Why it's listed
Magnolia Place is a large brick mansion near Morganton in Burke County, North Carolina, where an earlier Federal house built about 1818 by John Henry Stevelie was joined to a Greek Revival temple-form section. Stevelie, a Swiss-born merchant who had bought the plantation from Daniel Morgan, served as a state senator from 1804 to 1806. In 1841 Clarke Moulton Avery married Elizabeth Tilghman Walton, and in 1847 her father sold the couple 915 acres including the brick house. Avery soon more than doubled the house, reorienting it from east-west to north-south. The addition has a full-height porch of three fluted Doric columns, a common gable roof, and Asher Benjamin-style mantels in the dining room and parlor. The house is valued as one of the important antebellum plantation mansions of the Catawba River valley and for its links to the prominent Avery and Walton families.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is an impressive Greek Revival temple-form building that unusually incorporates an earlier Federal structure. It is described as one of an important group of antebellum mansions in the Catawba River valley and is of particular local significance through its connection with the Avery and Walton families.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF). NRHP reference 100002046, listed January 25, 2018. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 1201 Burkemont Ave., Morganton |
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| County | Burke County |
| Listed | January 25, 2018 |
| Reference number | 100002046 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Federal; Greek Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Military, Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Acreage | 0.95 |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary: it recognises significance and does not restrict what a private owner may do without federal money or permits. It unlocks the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit for income-producing buildings, state credits in many states, and Section 106 review when federal agencies are involved. See what listing means in practice.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 100002046.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives)
- This listing as JSON
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