Historic Districts
Vacant / Not In Use
North Carolina - Buncombe County
Buncombe County North Carolina (Page 3) has 30 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Richmond Hill House, Southern Railway Passenger Depot, Wolfe, Thomas, House, Sawyer Motor Company Building and Schoenberger Hall.

Many famous people are associated with these Buncombe County historic places including Richmond Pearson, Thomas Wolfe, George W. Vanderbilt, Philip S. Henry and Clementine Douglas.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Buncombe County places including Richard Morris Hunt, James G. Hill, Richard Sharp Smith, Dodge, William Waldo, Jr., Peter Demens, Douglas c. Roberts, Zebulon Vance Robinson, Six Associates Inc., Richard S. Smith and Harry L. Parker. Prominent architectural styles found in Buncombe Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Early Commercial and Late Gothic Revival.

Richmond Hill House (added 1977 - - #77000992)
45 Richmond Hill Rd. , Asheville
Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hill,James G.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Historic Person:
Pearson,Richmond
Significant Year:
1890, 1984, 1889
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
More Information:
archives document
Riverside Industrial Historic District (added 2004 - - #04000825)
Also known as Asheville Wholesale District
Roughly bounded by Clingman Ave., Lyman St., Roberts St., and Riverside Dr. , Asheville
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Early Commercial
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
State, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Other, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Rail-Related, Road-Related, Specialty Store, Warehouse
More Information:
archives document
S And W Cafeteria (added 1977 - - #77000993)
Also known as Dale's Cafeteria;See Also:79001676
Patton Ave. , Asheville
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ellington,Douglas D.
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Restaurant
More Information:
archives document
Sawyer Motor Company Building (added 1979 - - #79001682)
100 Coxe Ave. , Asheville
Naj0108, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business
Current Function:
Unknown
More Information:
archives document
Schoenberger Hall (added 1979 - - #79001683)
60 Ravenscroft Dr. , Asheville
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Seven Oaks (added 2015 - - #15000528)
Asheville, Asheville
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899 AD
Sherrill's Inn (added 1975 - - #75001244)
2.5 mi. S of Fairview off U.S. 74 , Fairview
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Shiloh African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (added 2022 - - #100008469)
95 Shiloh Rd., Asheville
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Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage-Black, Exploration/Settlement, Community Planning And Development, Social History
Smith, Richard Sharp, House (added 2009 - - #08001361)
Also known as Stoneybrook
655 Chunns Cove Rd. , Asheville
Karen D. Hoffman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith, Richard Sharp
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Smith, Whitford G., House (added 2005 - - #05000375)
263 Haywood St. , Asheville
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
archives document
Smith-McDowell House (added 1975 - - #75001243)
283 Victoria Rd. , Asheville
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
South Asheville Cemetery and St. John ?A? Baptist Church (added 2021 - - #100006903)
Also known as South Asheville Colored Cemetery
20 Dalton St., Asheville
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Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage-Black, Social History, Exploration/Settlement, Community Planning And Development
South Montreat Road Historic District (added 2010 - - #10001056)
Along Montreat Rd, 102 First St, 100 Third St, 100 Ninth St, and 101 Beech St, Black Mountain
a href"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:402_Montreat_Road_Built_ca._1925.jpg"Upstateherd/a, a href"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"CC BY-SA 4.0/a, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
More Information:
archives document
Southern Railway Passenger Depot (added 1979 - - #79001684)
1 Biltmore Plaza , Asheville
Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hunt,Richard Morris
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Unknown
More Information:
archives document
Spinning Wheel (added 1999 - - #99000913)
1096 Hendersonville Rd. , Asheville
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Person, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Dodge, William Waldo, Jr.
Historic Person:
Douglas, Clementine
Significant Year:
1939
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function:
Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
St. Luke's Episcopal Church (added 1997 - - #97001198)
219 Chunn's Cove Rd. , Asheville
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
St. Mary's Church (added 1994 - - #94001476)
337 Charlotte St. , Asheville
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Beadle, Chauncey, Smith, Richard S.
Architectural Style:
Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Social History, Religion, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
St. Matthias Episcopal Church (added 1979 - - #79001685)
Valley St. , Asheville
Farragutful, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
Sunset Terrace Historic District (added 2005 - - #05001411)
9-48 Sunset Terrace , Asheville
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Parker, Harry L., Parker, Charles N.
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
archives document
Thomas Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church (added 2009 - - #09000262)
300 Cragmont Rd. , Black Mountain
Bigskybill, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kennedy, Ervin, et al.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery
More Information:
archives document
Vance, Kate and Charles Noel, House (added 2016 - - #16000876)
Black Mountain, Black Mountain
Wingerham52, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1894-1894 AD
Walton Street Park and Pool (added 2023 - - #100009617)
Also known as Riverview Park
570 Walton Street, Asheville
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Area of Significance:
Ethnic Heritage-Black, Entertainment/Recreation, Social History
Weaverville United Methodist Church (added 1996 - - #96000195)
85 N. Main St. , Weaverville
Swright618, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Roberts, Douglas c., Robinson, Zebulon Vance
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
archives document
West Asheville End of Car Line Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000691)
Both sides of Haywood Rd. from 715 to 814 and 7-9 Brevard Rd. , Asheville
W lemay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Department Store, Post Office, Restaurant, Road-Related, Single Dwelling, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Landscape, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Business, Parking Lot, Restaurant, Specialty Store
More Information:
archives document
West Asheville--Aycock School Historic District (added 2006 - - #06000718)
401-441 Haywood Rd. , Asheville
W lemay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Six Associates Inc.
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Financial Institution, Fire Station, Post Office, Road-Related, School, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Education, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, School, Specialty Store
More Information:
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West Asheville-Aycock School Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 2014 - - #14000544)
444 Haywood Rd., Asheville
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Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
West End Historic District (added 2002 - - #02001664)
Roughly bounded by Club, Trade, Roberts Sts., and Park Ave. , Asheville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Demens, Peter
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne, Other
Area of Significance:
Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Wolfe, Thomas, House (added 1971 - - #71000572)
Also known as The Thomas Wolfe Memorial;The Old Kentucky Home
48 Spruce St. , Asheville
AbeEzekowitz, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Wolfe,Thomas
Significant Year:
1916, 1906
Area of Significance:
Literature
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
archives document
Young Men's Institute Building (added 1977 - - #77000994)
Also known as YMI Building
Market and Eagle Sts. , Asheville
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Smith,Richard Sharp
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Vanderbilt,George W.
Significant Year:
1893, 1892
Area of Significance:
Black, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Institutional Housing, Library, Meeting Hall, Professional, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document
Zealandia (added 1977 - - #77000995)
40 Vance Gap Rd. , Asheville
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Tudor Revival
Historic Person:
Henry,Philip S.
Significant Year:
1920, 1908
Area of Significance:
Art, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
archives document

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