Carrier Houses

Carrier Houses
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Carrier-McBrayer House, January 2014
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Location	415 and 423 N. Main St., Rutherfordton, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°22′11″N 81°57′25″W / 35.36972°N 81.95694°W / 35.36972; -81.95694Coordinates: 35°22′11″N 81°57′25″W / 35.36972°N 81.95694°W / 35.36972; -81.95694
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	c. 1835 (1835), 1879
Built by	Harvey Dewey Carrier
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Transit. Federal/Gr. Revival
NRHP Reference #	92000681
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1992

Carrier Houses, also known as the Carrier-Ward House and Carrier-McBrayer House, are two historic homes located near Rutherfordton, Rutherford County, North Carolina. The Carrier-Ward House was built in 1879, and is a two-story, weatherboarded, side-gabled Queen Anne-style frame house. It has a front projecting wing and a three-story square tower with pyramidal roof. The Carrier-McBrayer House was built about 1835, and is a transitional Federal / Greek Revival style I-houss with two-story ell. The weatherboarded house sits on a brick foundation.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.