Harper House

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The property includes a twenty-room mansion situated with a separate servants' residence-garage on nearly two-acres of land. Constructed in 1887,</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Microsoft Sans Serif" ><I> </I></FONT><I>by a pharmacist named David Webster Shuler, the Harper House became the community of Hickory's showplace. The elaborate decoration in the Harper House is all that remains of the work of artist F.A. Grace. After Shuler died in 1890, the house was sold to Marcellus E. Thornton. When his wife died in 1916, Thornton moved from the house and sold the property. The home was then purchased by the Taylor family and was later sold to Finley Gwyn Harper Sr. in 1923. The Harper family currently owns the homestead, but arrangements are being made to sell the house to the Catawba County Historical Association as a satellite museum to the Catawba County Museum of History, located in the 1924 courthouse.</I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Microsoft Sans Serif" ><I> </I></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>For more history and photos go to :</B></I><A HREF="http://www.catawbahistory.org/harper_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.catawbahistory.org/harper_hou"><U><I><B> Harper House</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Bedroom Ceiling Treatments </B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="717" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 229 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="39be0d50.jpg" border=0 width="224" height="213" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="39cebd20.png" border=0 width="235" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="39debd60.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="214" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                        </div> </td> </tr></table></body>