Harper House

The North Carolina State Department of History and Culture, Harper House and Bonniewell - Riley House, as well as Harper House and Bonniewell - Riley House, the best buildings to offer various services, are the best interior in the province thinking about. Visitors and local people as Harper House & Hickory Historical Center

Through a large-scale protection project, the Catawba County Historical Society gathered $ 2 million for rehabilitation, and the Harper House today welcomed visitors as a family museum and through many important families living in the house I will explain the mountains and Victorian living. Walnut History South, around 1887, the day of construction of the house

In the same batch, Lyerly House was rescued and relocated to further explain the rich past of Hickory as a Betty Allen Education Center and Margaret Huggins Gallery, as well as a conference facility on June 24, 2004. Currently exhibited are the CCHA rich collection of quilts, the historical photographs of Hickory, the CCHA collection of important Catawba County ruins of Benjamin Porter, the panoramic picture "Panoramic Catawba" of events and groups.

Opening hours: Thursday - Saturday 9 am to 4 pm, Sunday: 1: 30 - 4: 30, Tuesday and Wednesday opening hours, groups of 10 or more

Price: Harper House Tour: Adult, Seniors, Student Fee Bonniwell-Lyerly House's exhibition is free

Neighborhood: Catawba County Historical Museum, Catawba Science Center, Hickory Art Museum, Hiddenite Center, Historic Murray's Mill, Historic Newton NC Depot

Directions: From Asheville, take I-40 East toward Statesville. Exit US exit 321123, exit 123 A - 123 B to Hickory. Continue on US 321 North. Turn right at the northwest of Second Avenue and turn left at North Center Street

Harper House has several famous families living there. The Harper family is the last of the seven families who occupy the Shuler-Harper family. Michigan native Daniel Webster Shuler was the founder of Hickory's first bank and built a house in 1887. In 1923, the owner of Harper Motor Company, Finley Gwin Harper, Senior. (1880-1951) I bought a house from my wife Minnie C. The Taylor Harper family lived there until December 21, 2000, by Anne McPherson Harper Bernhardt, Lee Colin Harper Vason, Mary Gwynn Harper Addison, Betty Banks Harper Sherander . My daughter and his wife, Mary Banks McPherson Harper, generously arranged for the acquisition of CCHA

The Harper family is the last of the seven families that make up the Harper Building. Daniel Webster Shuler from Michigan State established the first bank of Hickory and built a house in 1887. The stay of the Harper family stayed much longer since 1923, when Harper Motor's Finley was running. Gwin Harper, Senior E. McPherson Harper Bernhardt, Lee Colin Harper Vason, Mary Gwynn Harper Addison, Betty Banks Harper Sherander - Finley Gwynn Harper, Junior Musume and His Wife, Mary Banks McPherson Harper generously arranged for the acquisition of HACC.

Harper House is an important protection project that Catawba County Historical Society raised for $ 2 million for restoration, Harper House welcomed visitors as a family museum, and many important families living in the house and South Victorian I will explain the mountains through my life. History of walnut About 1887, the day of house construction. In the same batch, Lyerly House was rescued and relocated to further explain the rich past of Hickory as a Betty Allen Education Center and Margaret Huggins Gallery, as well as a conference facility on June 24, 2004. Exhibits will be released soon at the end of May. Return: Three R's of Pekan's art Harper sisters and sea wolves: mutually related, noteworthy, sophisticated. For HACC publications, please visit Lyerly House's bookstore.