Quaker Meadows

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Quaker Meadows
File:Quaker Meadows, Morganton vicinity (Burke County, North Carolina).jpg
Quaker Meadows (1938)
Quaker Meadows is located in North Carolina
Quaker Meadows
Location W of Morganton off NC 181, near Morganton, North Carolina
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Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built 1812 (1812)
Architectural style Federal
NRHP Reference # 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.

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