Jean-Pierre Auguste Dalmas House is a historic home located in Valdese,

Burke County, North Carolina Burke County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,570. Its county seat is Morganton. Burke County is part of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. ...

. It was built between 1929 and 1948, and is a 3-story, banked frame dwelling with a river rock and

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foundation and veneer. It was constructed by a Waldensian immigrant from Northern Italy, Jean-Pierre Dalmas (1878-1972). It was listed on the

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in 2002.

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Italian-American culture in North Carolina Waldensianism Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Houses completed in 1948 Houses in Burke County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Burke County, North Carolina {{BurkeCountyNC-NRHP-stub