Many famous people are associated with these Buncombe County historic places including Willis Duke Weatherford, Franklin Silas Terry, Gifford Pinchot, George W. Vanderbilt, Lucius Bunyun Compton and Thomas Wolfe.
Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Buncombe County places including Louis Jallade, Frank E. Wallis, George W. Vanderbilt, Richard Sharp Smith, Charles F. Pyke, Walter Bearden, Richard Morris Hunt, Frederick Law Olmsted, Walter C. Bearden and Waddy B. Wood. Prominent architectural styles found in Buncombe Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival.