About Bernhardt House
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Bernhardt House, also known as the Paul Mathias Bernhardt House, is a historic home located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. It was built in 1882 and remodeled in 1902, and is a two-story, center-hall/double-pile plan, Italian Villa-style frame dwelling. It features arch-headed windows with heavy projecting hoods, an "L"-shaped porch, and bracketed eaves and gables. A rear addition was built in 1948 and the house was converted to four rental apartments. Its builder Paul Mathias Bernhardt (1846–1922) was a son of George Matthias Bernhardt (1820–1885), who built the George Matthias Bernhardt House near Rockwell, North Carolina.