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The
Senator Sam J. Erwin Jr. Museum is located is located on the
campus of
Western Piedmont Community College in the Phifer Learning
Resources Center, and is a replica of the late Senator
Ervin’s home library, as it existed at 515 Lenoir Street in Morganton. A
7,500-item collection of Ervin’s books and professional and family memorabilia
is housed in the library. Senator Ervin is best known for serving as the
Chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee in the 1970s.
Website:
Senator Sam J. Erwin Jr. Museum
Location: Western Piedmont Community College,
Morganton NC
Distance: 1 hour from Asheville
Address: Phifer Learning Resources Center, Western Piedmont
Community College, 1001 Burkemont Avenue, Morganton, NC
28655
Telephone: 828-448-6039
Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fees: None
Allow: 1 hour
Nearby:
Old Burke Co. Courthouse Heritage Museum,
Burke Arts
Council Jailhouse Gallery,
North Carolina School For The Deaf Museum,
Quaker Meadows Plantation
Directions: Driving east on I-40 from Asheville, take Exit
#103 and turn left onto Burkemont Avenue. Cross the bridge over
I-40. Western Piedmont Community College is on the right.
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