Franklin Pierce Tate House

Franklin Pierce Tate House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Franklin Pierce Tate House, August 2019
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Location	410 W. Union St., Morganton, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°44′26″N81°41′41″W / 35.74056°N 81.69472°W / 35.74056; -81.69472
Area	2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1928 (1928)
Architect	Litchfield, Electus D.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
MPS	Morganton MRA
NRHP reference No.	86001171 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 21, 1986

Franklin Pierce Tate House is a historic home located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Electus D. Litchfield and completed in 1928. It is a two-story, Colonial Revival style dwelling constructed 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. ^[2] Colonel Tate, who served several terms in the state legislature, was a major reason why Broughton Hospital and the North Carolina School for the Deaf were chosen to be built in Morganton. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. ^[1] It is located in the West Union Street Historic District.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. James Randall Cotton (June 1984). "Franklin Pierce Tate House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
3. Young, Kevin W. (2024). The Violent World of Broadus Miller: A Story of Murder, Lynch Mobs, and Judicial Punishment in the Carolinas. University of North Carolina Press. doi:10.5149/9781469679037_young.15. ISBN   978-1-4696-7900-6.