It was built about 1876, and is a two-story, U-shaped, Late Victorian style brick house.

It features a 2+1⁄2-story, squarish, brick tower topped by a mansard roof.

[2] Avery had a notable legal, military and political careers highlighted by an eight-year term as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

[1] It is located in the North Green Street-Bouchelle Street Historic District.

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