West Union Street - 100 Block
Downtown Morganton, NC
ca 1920

        At left, First National Bank constructed in 1902.
                 At right, Burke Drug Company constructed ca 1905.             

Davis Store: I. I. Davis and Bro. Store

118 West Union Street
Built ca 1895.  It is probably the first brick building constructed
in downtown Morganton after the fire of 1893. The church on the left
may have been the First Methodist Church.  Calvary Lutheran Church is
on the site today (2008). 

131-139 West Union Street
Downtown Morganton, NC
ca 1911

Construction of Four Buildings (1)
The steeple of the First Methodist Church is in the background.
The church was located in the 100 block of South King Street at that time.

131-139 West Union Street
Downtown Morganton, NC
ca 1911

Construction of Four Buildings (2)

131-139 West Union Street
Downtown Morganton, NC
ca 1911

Construction of Four Buildings (3)

Downtown Glen Alpine, NC:  Area East of Glen Alpine Town Hall

         Glen Alpine Milling Company at left:  1902   

John H. Pearson House

502 West Union Street, Morganton, NC.
Romanesque and Queen Anne style residence built for John Henry
 Pearson (1852 - 1954) ca 1891.  The house was razed in 1965. 
 The First Baptist Church of Morganton is on the site today (2008).

Photographer:  F. W. Tyler

North Carolina School for the Deaf - Main Building
ca 1895

The building was designed by A. G. Bauer, an architect from Raleigh. 
Construction was started in 1892, and was completed in time for the opening of
school in 1894.  

Glen Alpine Springs Hotel

Located near Brindletown in Burke County. Incorporated by Thomas George Walton and
John H. Pearson in 1870.  When it opened its doors in 1878, it  was the largest frame building
 in North Carolina.  In addition to healing waters, it offered many amenities such as billiards,
bowling, lavish meals, and dancing. The hotel closed in 1902. The building was used for
a school until 1909.  The structure burned to the ground in 1934.  

St. Stephens Episcopal Church

African-American church was located on McDowell Street in Morganton
directly across from Grace Episcopal Churchyard. Completed in 1891.