Franklin Pierce Tate House, National Register of Historic Places mansion in Morganton, United States

The Franklin Pierce Tate House is a two-story Colonial Revival dwelling built of irregularly coursed, rock-faced granite blocks. Its main block measures 52 by 33 feet, with a recessed two-story wing and a semicircular, flat-roofed portico at the front entrance. Architect Electus D. Litchfield designed it, and it was completed in 1928.

The Franklin Pierce Tate House was designed by architect Electus D. Litchfield and completed in 1928 for Franklin Pierce Tate, a Morganton banker and mill-owner. Tate was the son of Colonel Samuel McDowell Tate, who built the earlier Tate House. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and lies within the West Union Street Historic District.

The house carries the name of Franklin Pierce Tate, the Morganton banker and mill-owner who had it built in 1928; his father, Colonel Samuel McDowell Tate, built the separate Tate House. The colonel's lobbying helped bring Broughton Hospital and the North Carolina School for the Deaf to Morganton. The house stands within the West Union Street Historic District.

The property is located in downtown Morganton and is accessible from the street. Visitors should check ahead about when the house is available for tours, as it is not open every day.

The granite was laid in irregular courses with a rock-faced finish, so the stone keeps the rough texture of the quarry. Franklin Pierce Tate, a Morganton banker and mill-owner, built the house; his father, Colonel Samuel McDowell Tate, built the separate Tate House. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.