National Register of Historic Sites in Buncombe County and Surrounding Area 

The following sites have been recognized as having National Historic significance and have been placed on the National Register of Historic Sites, a  program of the United States Department of the Interior, National Parks Service which seeks to identify and preserve sites throughout the country. The date accompanying the site is the date the site was entered in the National Register.

Two sites, Biltmore Estate and Thomas Wolfe House, have been designated as National Historic Landmark sites. 

Original Nomination Forms are held by the Department of Cultural Resources, Western Division of Archives and History. For information on the state program see North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History. 

Special Collections maintains a photocopy of  completed Nomination Forms for Buncombe County. Sites marked with an asterisk do not have Nomination Forms. Contact the Department of Cultural Resources, Western Division of Archives and History, for any questions related to the Nomination Forms or to make application for the Registry.

    (last updated 9/27/2006)                                                                                                  

Name and address Full Text of
Application
Date Entered  Multiple Listing
Adams House (Judge Junius G. Adams House)
11 Stuyvesant Road, Biltmore Forest
  10/05/2001

Alexander Cottage (Mrs. Minnie Alexander Cottage)
219 Patton Avenue, Asheville
  12/21/1989  

Alexander Inn
address restricted, Swannanoa

  05/31/1984

All Souls Episcopal Church and Parish House
2 Angle Street, Asheville

  11/15/1979



Biltmore Village MRA

Arcade Building (Grove Arcade)
Battery Park, Battle Square, Asheville

  05/19/1976


To read complete NRHP document

Asheville City Building
City County Plaza, Asheville

  11/07/1976

 

Asheville High School
419 McDowell Street, Asheville

  04/26/1996  

Asheville School
Roughly bounded by Patton Avenue, Southern RR Line, US 40, Sandhill Road, and Malvern Hills subdivision, Asheville

  06/03/1996

 

Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building
192-194 Coxe Avenue, Asheville

  04/26/1979

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Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

B. & B. Motor Company Building 
84-94 Coxe Avenue, Asheville

  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Barker Memorial Hospital (Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital)
2-6 Reed Street, Asheville

  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA

Battery Park Hotel
Battle Square, Asheville

  07/14/1977

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Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station
Brevard Road south of junction with I-26, Asheville

  04/29/1993  

Biltmore Estate
One Biltmore Plaza, Asheville

  10/15/1966

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National Historic Landmark Site,
May 23, 1963

Biltmore Estate Office
10 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville

  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA
Biltmore Hardware Building
28-32 Hendersonville Road, Asheville
  08/21/2003 Biltmore Village MRA

Biltmore Industries, Inc.
Grovewood Road, Asheville

  02/01/1980   nrhp0123.jpg (60537 bytes)
Biltmore Shoe Store
8 Lodge Street, Asheville
  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA

Biltmore Village Commercial Buildings
Brook Street and Biltmore Plaza, Asheville

  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA

Biltmore Village Cottage District
Swan Street, All Souls Cresent and Boston Way, Asheville

  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA

Biltmore Village Cottages
18 Angle Street and 75 Hendersonville Road, Asheville

  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA
Biltmore-Oteen Bank Building
12 Lodge Street, Asheville
  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA

Black Mountain College Historic District
SR 2468, Black Mountain

  10/05/1982     
Black Mountain Downtown Historic District
Black Mountain Avenue, Sutton Avenue, Cherry, Broadway, and State Streets, Black Mountain
  06/02/2004  
Bledsoe Building
771-783 Haywood Road, Asheville
  04/18/2003  

Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District
South of Black Mountain on SR 2720, Black Mountain

  09/17/1979  

Breese House (William E. Breese, Sr. House)
674 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville

  04/28/1980  
Brigman-Chambers House
NC 1003, 0.6 miles west of junction with NC 21, Weaverville
  06/02/2004  

Bryan House (William Jennings Bryan House)
107 Evelyn Place, Asheville

  06/23/1983  

Building at 130--132 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville

  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Building at 134--136 1/2 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville

  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Building at 140 Biltmore Avenue
Asheville

  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA
Buncombe County Boys' Training School (Former)
177 Erwin Hills Road, Asheville
  09/30/1997  

Buncombe County Courthouse
College and Davidson Streets, Asheville

  05/10/1979 North Carolina County Courthouses TR

Camp Academy
NC 63, Leicester

  09/19/1985  
Camp House (William Nelson Camp, Jr. House)
92 Flat Top Mountain Road, Fairview
  12/17/1998  

Carter-Swain House
East side SR 2162, north of junction with SR 2163

  07/02/1987  

Chestnut Hill Historic District
Roughly bounded by Hillside, Washington, Broad, Hollywood, Orchards Streets. and Merrimon Avenue, Asheville

  03/17/1983  

Church of St. Lawrence (St. Lawrence Basilica)
97 Haywood Street, Asheville

  03/24/1978  

Church of the Redeemer
1202 Riverside Drive, Asheville 

  09/19/1985  

Claxton School
241 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville

  06/04/1992  
Clingman Avenue Historic District
Roughly along Clingman Avenue, from Hillard Avenue to Haywood Avenue, Asheville
  06/09/2004  
Conabeer Chrysler Building
162-164 Coxe Avenue, Asheville
  04/26/1979  

Demens-Rumbough-Crawley House
31 Park Avenue, Asheville

  06/01/1982  

Downtown Asheville Historic District
Roughly bounded by 1240 Valley Street, Hilliard Avenue, and Broad Avenue, Asheville

  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Downtown Asheville Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Church Street and Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville

  05/25/1989 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Downtown Asheville Historic District (Boundary Increase II)
60 and 64 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville

  08/23/1990 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Eliada Home
2 Compton Drive, Asheville

  04/22/1993

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Eller House (Joseph P. Eller House)
494 Clarks' Chapel Road, Weaverville
  08/11/2004  

Ellington House (Douglas Ellington House)
583 Chunns Cove Road, Asheville

  10/16/1986 To read complete NRHP document
Engadine
US 19/23, 0.3 miles east of Haywood, Candler
  09/24/2001  
Fire Station Number 4
300 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville
  04/06/2000  

 

First Baptist Church
Oak and Woodfin Streets, Asheville

  07/13/1976  
Grove Arcade (See, Arcade)      
Grove Park Country Club     To read complete NRHP document

Grove Park Historic District
Roughly bounded by Evelyn Place, Macon Avenue, Howland Road, Woodland Road, Canterbury Lane, Charlotte Street, and Murdock Avenue, Asheville

  04/13/1989  

Grove Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Roughly, Kimberly Avenue from Maywood Street to north of Evelyn Place, including Grove Park Inn Country Club, Asheville

  12/18/1990  

Grove Park Inn
Macon Avenue, Asheville

  04/03/1973  

Guastavino Estate (Rafael Guastavino, Sr. Estate)
NC 9, 0.8 miles south of junction with SR 2713, Black Mountain

  07/13/1989  

Gunston Hall
324 Vanderbilt Road, Biltmore Forest

  10/24/1991  

In the Oaks
510 Vance Avenue, Black Mountain                                

  04/10/1991  

Jarrett House (Thomas Jarrett House)
46 Louisiana Avenue, Asheville

  01/21/1994  
Kenilworth Inn
60 Caledonia Avenue, Asheville
  12/31/2001  

Lanning House (John A. Lanning House)
West of Fairview on SR 3128, Fariview

  09/23/1982  
Latta Nurses' Residence (E. D. Latta Nurses' Residence)
159 Woodfin Street, Asheville
  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Manor and Cottages
265 Charlotte Street, Asheville

  01/26/1978  

McCracken House (Dr. Cireo McAfee McCracken House)
1384 Charlotte Highway, Fairview

  09/01/1995  

McGeahy Building
7 1/2 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville

  01/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA
Meadows, The
N of Fletcher on SR 1547
  01/11/1980  
Mears House (George A. Mears House)
137 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville
  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Montford Area Historic District
Irregular pattern along Montford Avenue, Asheville

  01/25/1977  
Municipal Golf Course
226 Fairway Drive, Asheville
  04/20/2005  
North Carolina Electrical Power Company Electric Generating Plant
2024 Riverside Drive, Woodfin
  06/25/1999  

Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District
North side of US 70, Asheville

  11/20/1985  

Ottari Sanitarium
491 Kimberly Avenue, Asheville

  10/16/1986  

Overlook
710 Town Mountain Road
, Asheville

  10/22/1980  
Pine Gables
328 Boys Camp Road, Lake Lure
  12/14/1999  

Ravenscroft School
29 Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville

  12/12/1978  

Reed House (Samuel Harrison Reed House)
119 Dodge Street, Asheville

  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA

Reynolds House
100 Reynolds Heights, Asheville

  09/13/1984  

Reynolds House (Dr. Carl V Reynolds House)
86 Edgemont Road, Asheville

  08/19/1982  

Richbourg Motors Building
50 Coxe Avenue, Asheville

  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Richmond Hill House
45 Richmond Hill Road, Asheville

  08/16/1977  
Riverside Industrial Historic District
Roughly bounded by Clingman Avenue, Lyman Street, Roberts Street, and Riverside Drive, Asheville
  08/11/2004  

S & W Cafeteria
Patton Avenue, Asheville

  03/28/1977  

Sawyer Motor Company Building
100 Coxe Avnue, Asheville

  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Schoenberger Hall
60 Ravenscroft Drive, Asheville

  04/26/1979 Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA

Sherrill's Inn
2.5 miles south of Fairview off US 74, Fairview

  04/16/1975  
Smith House (Whitford G. Smith House)
263 Haywood Street, Asheville
  05/04/2005  

Smith-McDowell House
283 Victoria Road, Asheville

  08/01/1975  

Southern Railway Passenger Depot
1 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville

  11/15/1979 Biltmore Village MRA
Spinning Wheel
1096 Hendersonville Road, Asheville
  07/28/1999  
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
219 Chunns' Cove Road, Asheville
  09/30/1997  

St. Mary's Episcopal Church
337 Charlotte Street, Asheville

  12/23/1994  

St. Matthias Episcopal Church 
Valley Street, Asheville

  05/10/1979  
Von Ruck House      

To read complete NRHP document

 

Weaverville United Methodist Church
85 North Main Street, Weaverville

  03/01/1996  

Wolfe House (Thomas Wolfe House)
48 Spruce Street, Asheville

  11/11/1971  

National Historic Landmark Site,
November 11, 1971.

Young Men's Institute Building  (YMICC)
Market and Eagle Streets, Asheville

  07/14/1977

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Zealandia
40 Vance Gap Road

  03/14/1977

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