Swan Ponds
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| Location | About 4 miles W of Morganton off NC 126, near Morganton, North Carolina |
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| Area | 8 acres (3.2 ha) |
| Built | 1848 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001299[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 24, 1973 |
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-roof porch with bracketed eaves, a low pedimented central pavilion, and square columns. The building's brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. Swan Ponds plantation was the home of Waightstill Avery (1741–1821), an early American lawyer and soldier. His son Isaac Thomas Avery built the present Swan Ponds dwelling. Swan Ponds was the birthplace of North Carolina politician and lawyer William Waightstill Avery (1816–1864), Clarke Moulton Avery owner of Magnolia Place, and Confederate States Army officer Isaac E. Avery (1828–1863).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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- Plantation houses in North Carolina
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Greek Revival houses in North Carolina
- Houses completed in 1848
- Houses in Burke County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Burke County, North Carolina
- 1848 establishments in North Carolina
- Brick buildings and structures in North Carolina
- Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs