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 Charles F. Pyke, Louis Jallade, Frank E. Wallis, Richard Morris Hunt, Richard Sharp Smith, Walter Bearden, Walter C. Bearden, Frederick Law Olmsted, George W. Vanderbilt and Charles F. Pyke. Prominent architectural styles found in Buncombe Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival.














