410 W. Union St., Morganton, North Carolina. County/parish: Burke.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 21, 1986. NRIS 86001171.
2 contributing buildings.
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. 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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is located in the West Union Street Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718269