Morganton in Burke County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Franklin Pierce Tate House

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024

1. Franklin Pierce Tate House Marker

Inscription.
City of Morganton
Historic Properties Commission
historic property
Franklin Pierce
Tate House
1928

Erected by City of Morganton Historic Properties Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.

Location. 35° 44.436′ N, 81° 41.663′ W. Marker is in Morganton, North Carolina, in Burke County. It is at the intersection of West Union Street (U.S. 64) and Burkemont Avenue (U.S. 64), on the right when traveling west on West Union Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 410 W Union St, Morganton NC 28655, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory

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of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Jonesboro Historic District (approx. ¼ mile away); Tate House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Etta Baker (approx. half a mile away); “Sacred Dance & the Muses” – 2004 (approx. half a mile away); Morganton (approx. half a mile away); Burke Courthouse (approx. half a mile away); Our Confederate Soldiers (approx. half a mile away); Alva Theater (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Morganton.

Regarding Franklin Pierce Tate House. Excerpt from the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the property:

The 1928 Franklin Pierce Tate House is an excellent example of the Georgian Revival style, designed by New York Architect E1ectus D. Litchfield, and executed in Mount Airy (N.C.) granite. The residence is prominently sited on a large lot on West Union Street, the preeminent residential neighborhood of the western piedmont town of Morganton, seat of Burke County. For its
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 3, 2024

2. Franklin Pierce Tate House Marker
time and place, the house was a restrained, yet perhaps the most eloquent and architecturally-sophisticated example of the Colonial Revival, the style of choice by Morganton's entrepreneurial class of the 1920s. It is associated with Franklin Pierce Tate, prominent Morganton banker and cotton-mill president, and his wife Martha Thomason Tate, principal at the North Carolina School for the Deaf in Morganton.

Also see . . . Franklin Pierce Tate House (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination for the house, which was listed in 1986. (Prepared by James Randall Cotton; via North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office) (Submitted on February 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 588 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 5, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.