Magnolia Place is a historic home located near Morganton,

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. ...

. The original section was built about 1818, and is a two-story, five bay by two bay, brick structure in the

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style. Attached at the rear is a one bay by two bay temple form

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style addition built about 1850. It features a long full-height porch. The addition was built by Clarke Moulton Avery, second child born to Isaac Thomas Avery, master of

Swan Ponds Swan Ponds is a historic plantation house located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built in 1848, and is a two-story, three bay, brick mansion with a low hip roof in the Greek Revival style. It features a one-story low hip-ro ...

. In 1841, he married Elizabeth Tilghman Walton, daughter of Thomas George Walton, master of Creekside. It was listed on the

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in 1973.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1868 Houses in Burke County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Burke County, North Carolina {{BurkeCountyNC-NRHP-stub