National Register of Historic Places - North Carolina (NC), Burke County

Burke County North Carolina (Vacant / Not In Use) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of Statewide significance. Significant places include Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge, Garrou--Morganton Full-Fashioned Hosiery Mills, Gilboa Methodist Church, Pleasant Valley and Sloan--Throneburg Farm.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Burke County places including J.H. Sloan. Prominent architectural styles found in Burke Country are Greek Revival and Moderne.

Garrou--Morganton Full-Fashioned Hosiery Mills (added 1999 - - #99000064)

Also known as Morgantown Hosiery Mills, Premier Hosiery Mills

101 and 105 Lenoir St. , Morganton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Moderne

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Gilboa Methodist Church (added 1984 - - #84000075)

U.S. 64 , Salem

Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hunting Creek Railroad Bridge (added 1987 - - #87001923)

Hunting Creek N of US 64 & 70 between jct. of Stonebridge Rd. & E. Union St. , Morganton

Tonyleeglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Pleasant Valley (added 1977 - - #72000927)

Jct. of SR 1423, 1439, and 1438 , Morganton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Sloan--Throneburg Farm (added 2002 - - #02000110)

NC 1429, 0.3 mi. W of jct. with NC 1450 , Chesterfield

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sloan, J.H.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Irrigation Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Irrigation Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Storage