Downtown Asheville Historic District is a national

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located at

Asheville Asheville ( ) is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populous city in Western North Carolina a ...

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. The district encompasses about 279 contributing buildings and one contributing object in the

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of Asheville. It includes commercial, institutional, and residential buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles including

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

, Queen Anne, and

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. Located in the district and listed separately are the

Asheville City Hall Asheville City Hall, is a historic Art Deco brick and stone governmental office building located on Court Plaza in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. It serves as the seat of the government of the City of Asheville. It is located in the ...

, Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building, B&B Motor Company Building, Bledsoe Building,

Buncombe County Courthouse Buncombe County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn and built between 1924 and 1928. It is a 17-story, steel frame skyscraper she ...

Thomas Wolfe House The Thomas Wolfe House, also known as the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, is a state historic site, historic house and museum located at 52 North Market Street in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. The American author Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938) lived ...

, Young Men's Institute Building,

Ravenscroft School Ravenscroft School is a coed independent private school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school enrolls students between Pre-Kindergarten and 12th grade, and serves 1,254 students. The school has three divisions: Lower School, Middl ...

, Church of St. Lawrence,

Battery Park Hotel The Battery Park Hotel is the name given to two hotels in Asheville, North Carolina. The one standing today is 14 stories tall and was built in 1924 by Edwin W. Grove, during a time of increased tourism in the North Carolina mountains. It repl ...

, S & W Cafeteria, Sawyer Motor Company Building and the Arcade Building. Other notable buildings include the

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(1927), Drhumor Building (1895), Sondley Building (1891), Grand Central Hotel Annex (c. 1886), Public Service Building (1929), Kress Building (1926-1927), Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church (1919), First Church of Christ Scientist (1900-1912), U. S. Post Office and Courthouse (1929-1930), Asheville Citizen and Times Building (1938-1939), Former Bon Marche Department Store (1923), Castanea Building (1921), Loughran Building (1923), Central Methodist Church (1902-1905, 1924, 1968), Trinity Episcopal Church (1912), First Presbyterian Church (1884-1885), Eagles Home (1914), Scottish Rite Cathedral and Masonic Temple (1913), and the Jackson Building (1923-1924). Also in the district is Pack Square which featured the Vance Monument (1898) until its demolition in May 2021. It was listed on the

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in 1979, with boundary increases in 1989 and 1990. An increase / decrease occurred in 2011.

Gallery

File:Trinity Episcopal Church - 1912.jpg, Trinity Episcopal Church, 2022 File:Thomas Wolf House - Asheville, NC.jpg, Thomas Wolf House, 2020 File:Snider-Sawyer-Leonard House.jpg, Snider-Sawyer-Leonard House, 2021 File:Sawyer Motor Company Building - Asheville.jpg, Sawyer Motor Company Building, 2021 File:Public Service Building - Ca. 1925.jpg, Public Service Building, 2021 File:Miles Building - 1929.jpg, Miles Building, 2021 File:Kress Building - Asheville, NC.jpg, Kress Building, 2020 File:Grove Arcade - Asheville, NC.jpg, Grove Arcade, 2015 File:Flora Sorrell Boarding House.jpg, Flora Sorrell Boarding House, 2021 File:Carmichael-Leonard House.jpg, Carmichael-Leonard House, 2021 File:Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building - Asheville, NC.jpg, Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building, 2021 File:Asheville Federal Savings and Loan Association Building - Ca. 1910.jpg, Asheville Federal Savings and Loan Association Building, 2021 File:S&W Cafeteria - Asheville, NC.jpg, S&W Cafeteria, 2021 File:Ravencroft School - Asheville, NC.jpg, Ravencroft School, 2021 File:Young Men's Institute Building.jpg, Young Men's Institute Building, 2021 File:Jackson Building - Asheville, NC.jpg, Jackson Building, 2011 File:Buncombe County Courthouse & Asheville City Hall.jpg, Buncombe County Courthouse & Asheville City Hall, 2012 File:Battery Park Hotel - Asheville, NC.jpg, Battery Park Hotel, 2015

References

External links

* {{National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Queen Anne architecture in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Asheville, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Buncombe County, North Carolina