W. F. Carter House

The W. F. Carter House is a two-story Classical Revival residence with a carefully designed front facade in Mount Airy. The front face has three sections with separate column styles, where the upper level uses Ionic columns and the lower porch displays Doric columns.

This building dates to around 1908 and was created by enlarging and reshaping an older dwelling on the same site. Its historical value earned it a place on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

The house reflects the architectural tastes that prosperous families chose during the early 1900s in North Carolina. Its columned porches and careful details show how local wealthy residents wanted their homes to appear during this period.

The house sits on South Main Street and is a private residence, so you can view it from the public street outside. The location in central Mount Airy makes it easy to reach on foot.

The building blends two different classical column styles in an uncommon design choice, using Ionic columns above and Doric columns below. This mixing of two distinct orders is rarely seen in residential buildings from this era.