Built 1928 (1928) NRHP Reference # 86001171 Area 1 ha | Opened 1928 Added to NRHP 21 May 1986 | |
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Architectural style Colonial Revival architecture | ||
Franklin Pierce Tate House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Electus D. Litchfield and completed in 1928. It is a two-story, Colonial Revival style dwelling constricted of irregularly-coursed, rock-faced granite blocks. It consists of a main block measuring 52 feet by 33 feet, with a recessed two-story wing. The front entrance features a semi-circular, flat-roofed portico. It was built by Franklin Pierce Tate (1867-1937), a prominent Morganton banker and mill-owner, and son of Colonel Samuel McDowell Tate who built the Tate House.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located in the West Union Street Historic District.
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