Quaker Meadows
Quaker Meadows | |
.jpg) Quaker Meadows (1938) | |
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| Location | W of Morganton off NC 181, near Morganton, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°45′26″N 81°43′15″W / 35.75722°N 81.72083°W |
| Area | 9 acres (3.6 ha) |
| Built | 1812 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001298[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 3, 1973 |
Quaker Meadows, also known as the McDowell House at Quaker Meadows, is a historic plantation house located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1812, and is a two-story, four bay by two bay, Quaker plan brick structure in the Federal style. It features two one-story shed porches supported by square pillars ornamented by scroll sawn brackets. The Quaker Meadows plantation was the home of Revolutionary War figure, Col. Charles McDowell. It was at Quaker Meadows that Zebulon Baird Vance (later American Civil War governor) married Charles McDowell's niece, Harriet N. Espy.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
The house is owned by the Historic Burke Foundation and has been restored to an 1812 appearance. It is open for tours and available for rent.
The owner of the plantation was Joseph McDowell Jr. (1758–1801), who was nicknamed Joseph "Quaker Meadows" McDowell to distinguish him from his cousin Joseph "Pleasant Gardens" McDowell (1756–1795). Since Joseph Quaker Meadows McDowell, Jr. died in 1801, the original plantation must have been built during his lifetime.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit (August 1973). "Quaker Meadows" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ See individual biographies for the McDowells for references
External links
[edit]- The McDowell House at Quaker Meadows - Historic Burke Foundation
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- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Federal architecture in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1812
- Museums in Burke County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Burke County, North Carolina
- Historic house museums in North Carolina
- Houses in Burke County, North Carolina
- 1812 establishments in North Carolina
- Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina
- Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs