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This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Burke County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Sloop Point was once owned by John Baptista Ashe, who was a delegate to the Continental Congress, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina and Continental Army officer. [11] [12] The known plantations during the period of the Province of North Carolina (1712–1776) are listed in the table below.
Morganton Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings in the central business district of Morganton. It includes commercial, industrial, and governmental buildings built between about 1889 and 1940.
Jonesboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It encompasses 35 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in historically African-American neighborhood of Morganton. The primarily residential buildings were built between about 1895 and 1935.
The Old Burke County Courthouse is the historic courthouse at 102 East Union Street on the courthouse lawn in the center of Morganton, North Carolina. It houses the old courtroom, used for lectures, meetings and events as well as the Heritage Museum and office of Historic Burke Foundation, Inc.
Morganton is a city in and county seat of Burke County, North Carolina, United States. [4] The population was 17,474 at the 2020 census. [5] Morganton is approximately 75 miles (121 km) northwest of Charlotte and 57 miles (92 km) east of Asheville. Morganton is one of the principal cities in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan ...
They built earthwork mounds, including at Joara, a 12-acre (49,000 m 2) site and regional chiefdom in North Carolina, near present-day Morganton. It was the center of the largest Native American settlement in North Carolina, dating from about 1000 AD and expanding into the next centuries.
Magnolia Place is a historic home located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. The original section was built about 1818, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, brick structure in the Federal style. Attached at the rear is a one bay by two bay temple form Greek Revival style addition built about 1850. It features a long full-height ...