Gaither House is a historic home located near Harmony,

Iredell County, North Carolina Iredell County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 186,693. Its county seat is Statesville, and its largest town is Mooresville. The county was formed in 1788, subtracted from R ...

. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three bay by three bay, vernacular

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

style frame dwelling. It has a gable roof and features a hipped roof entrance portico with fluted

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of c ...

columns. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1980.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses completed in 1850 Houses in Iredell County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Iredell County, North Carolina {{IredellCountyNC-NRHP-stub