Downtown Asheville Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Downtown Asheville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Asheville Downtown panorama, September 2012
35°35′42″N 82°33′12″W / 35.59500°N 82.55333°W / 35.59500; -82.55333
Area	96.35 acres (38.99 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, Queen Anne, Art Deco, Chicago, Commercial Style
MPS	Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA
NRHP reference No.	79001676, 89000468 (Boundary Increase), 90001342 (Boundary Increase)^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1979, May 25, 1989 (Boundary Increase), August 23, 1990 (Boundary Increase), December 28, 2011 (increase-and-decrease)

Downtown Asheville Historic District is a national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses about 279 contributing buildings and one contributing object in the central business district of Asheville. It includes commercial, institutional, and residential buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, and Art Deco.^[2]^[3]

Located in the district and listed separately are the Asheville City Hall, Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building, B&B Motor Company Building, Bledsoe Building, Buncombe County Courthouse, Thomas Wolfe House, Young Men's Institute Building, Ravenscroft School, Church of St. Lawrence, Battery Park Hotel, S & W Cafeteria, Sawyer Motor Company Building and the Arcade Building. Other notable buildings include the Flatiron Building (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.^[2]^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, with boundary increases in 1989 and 1990.^[1] An increase / decrease occurred in 2011.

Gallery

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

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b David R. Black (n.d.). "Downtown Asheville Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ Clay Griffith (August 2011). "Downtown Asheville Historic District (Boundary Increase III, Boundary Decrease & Additional Documentation)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
^ "Zebulon Vance Monument, Asheville". Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. March 19, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2023.