Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Brevard

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Charles E. Orr House
Photo: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · tap to enlarge
National Register of Historic Places

Charles E. Orr House

Listed as “Orr, Charles E., House”

On the National Register since 200620 years
Tudor RevivalListed 2006Brevard
DirectionsAdd an old photo

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Charles E. Orr House

Charles E. Orr House, at 269 E. Main St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 6, 2006. The Register lists it for its architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Tudor Revival, as it does for 130 other North Carolina listings. It was listed as part of Transylvania County MPS. The listing covers 1 acre. Four more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric house in North Carolina, United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 62 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

269 E. Main St., Brevard · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Charles E. Orr HouseStart here
  2. 2St. Philip's Episcopal ChurchNormanesque Revival · Built 1926 · next door
  3. 3William Breese Jr. HouseNeo-Classical Revival · next door
  4. 4Transylvania County CourthouseItalianate · 0.1 mi on
  5. 5McMinn BuildingItalianate · next door
Around it

6 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BSilvermontColonial Revival0.2 miDEast Main Street Historic DistrictColonial Revival0.2 miDMain Street Historic DistrictCommercial Style0.3 miBRoyal and Louise Morrow HouseCraftsman0.4 miBMax and Claire Brombacher HouseRustic0.5 miStBrevard College Stone Fence and GateCraftsman · Built 19370.5 mi
More like it

Tudor Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Tudor Revival.

Erle Stillwell House IIBuilt 1935 · 15.4 mi away
Erle Stillwell HouseBuilt 1926 · 15.4 mi away

Memories of Charles E. Orr House

The record says what it is. Neighbors know what it means.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Have you been to Charles E. Orr House?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start a conversation
Have an old photo of it?Add it · +10

Questions about Charles E. Orr House

Is Charles E. Orr House on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Dec 6, 2006 (Register number 06001108).

Is Charles E. Orr House a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; North Carolina has 36 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, 15.9 miles away.

Can you visit Charles E. Orr House?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Charles E. Orr House?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 62 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 47718495 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.