Franklin Pierce Tate House is a historic home located at Morganton,

Burke County, North Carolina Burke County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is part of the state's western mountain region, containing sections of the Blue Ridge Mountains including the Linville Gorge and South Mountains. As of the 2020 census, its po ...

. It was designed by architect

Electus D. Litchfield Electus Darwin Litchfield, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, FAIA (1872–1952) was an American architect and town planner, practicing in New York City.Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

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 A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cu ...

. 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 Broughton Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in Morganton, North Carolina. It is administered by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services. ...

and the

North Carolina School for the Deaf The North Carolina School for the Deaf (NCSD) is a state-supported residential school for deaf children established in 1894, in Morganton, North Carolina, US. History In 1845, W.D. Cooke was hired by the state and a school was opened in ...

were chosen to be built in Morganton. It was listed on the

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in 1986. It is located in the

West Union Street Historic District West Union Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It encompasses 59 contributing buildings in a predominantly upper class residential section of Morganton. They were built ...

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1928 Houses in Burke County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Burke County, North Carolina Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina {{BurkeCountyNC-NRHP-stub