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National Register of Historic Sites in Buncombe County

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.

SITE                                                                                                          

  Name Date Entered  National Historic Landmark

Alexander Inn                                                                                    

05/31/1984  

Alexander Cottage (Mrs. Minnie Alexander)                                   

12/21/1989  

All Souls Episcopal Church and Parish House                                 

11/15/1979  

Arcade Building     [Grove Arcade]                                                   

05/19/1976  

Asheville City Hall     [City Building]    

11/07/1976  

Asheville High School                                                                       

04/26/1996  

Asheville School  

06/03/1996  

Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building                      

04/26/1979  

B & B Motor Company Building                                                          

04/26/1979  

Barker, Clarence, Memorial Hospital                                               

11/15/1979  

Battery Park Hotel                                                                                

07/14/1977  

Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian
           Forest Experiment Station 

04/29/1993  

Biltmore Estate                                                                                       

10/15/1966 National Historic Landmark Site,
May 23, 1963

Biltmore Estate Office                                                                   

11/15/1979  

Biltmore Industries, Inc.                                                                 

02/01/1980  
Biltmore Shoe Store 11/15/1979  

Biltmore Village Commercial Buildings                                       

11/15/1979  

Biltmore Village Cottage District and
      All Souls Cresent and Boston Way
                                          

11/15/1979  

Biltmore Village Cottages                                                              

11/15/1979  
Biltmore-Oteen Bank Building                                                       11/15/1979  

Black Mountain College Historic District                                     

10/05/1982  

Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District                                          

09/17/1979  

Breese, William E., Sr., House                                                      

04/28/1980  

Bryan, William Jennings, House                                                   

06/23/1983  

Building at 130--132 Biltmore Avenue                                        

04/26/1979  

Building at 134--136 1/2 Biltmore Avenue                                           

04/26/1979  

Building at 140 Biltmore Avenue                                                   

04/26/1979  
Buncombe County Boys' Training School, (Former) 09/30/1997  

Buncombe County Courthouse     

05/10/1979  

Camp Academy ,Leicester                                                              

09/19/1985  
Camp, William Nelson, Jr. House 12/17/1998  

Carter-Swain House                                                                          

07/02/1987  

Chestnut Hill Historic District                                                         

03/17/1983  

Church of St. Lawrence     [St. Lawrence Basilica]                            

03/24/1978  

Church of the Redeemer,  1202 Riverside Dr. 

09/19/1985  

Claxton School                                                                                       

06/04/1992  
Conabeer Chrysler Building 04/26/1979  

Demens-Rumbough-Crawley House                                               

06/01/1982  

Downtown Asheville Historic District                                            

04/26/1979  

Downtown Asheville Historic District
        (Boundary Increase) 
                                                           

05/25/1989  

Downtown Asheville Historic District
         (Boundary Increase II) 
                                                         

08/23/1990  

E. D. Latta Nurses' Residence                                                           

04/26/1979  

Eliada Home                                                                                     

04/22/1993  

Ellington, Douglas, House 

10/16/1986  
Fire Station Number 4 04/06/2000  

First Baptist Church

07/13/1976  

George A. Mears House                                                              

04/26/1979  

Grove Park Historic District                                                       

04/13/1989  

Grove Park Historic District (Boundary Increase-
includes Country Club Asheville) 
                                              

12/18/1990  

Grove Park Inn                                                                                

04/03/1973  

Guastavino, Rafael, Sr., Estate                                                    

07/13/1989  

Gunston Hall                                                                                

10/24/1991  

Intheoaks 510 Vance Ave. Black Mountain                                

04/10/1991  

Jarrett, Thomas, House                                                                   

01/21/1994  

Lanning, John A., House                                                               

09/23/1982  

Manor and Cottages                                                                    

01/26/1978  

McCracken, Dr. Cireo McAfee, House                                         

09/01/1995  

McGeahy Building                                                                           

01/15/1979  

Montford Area Historic District                                                  

01/25/1977  
North Carolina Electrical Power Company Electric Generating Plant 06/25/1999  

Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District            

11/20/1985  

Ottari Sanitarium                                                                              

10/16/1986  

Overlook, 710 Town Mountain Rd.                                           

10/22/1980  
Pine Gables, 328 Boys Camp Rd., Lake Lure, NC 12/14/1999  

Ravenscroft School                                                                           

12/12/1978  

Reed, Samuel Harrison, House                                                  

11/15/1979  

Reynolds House                                                                            

09/13/1984  

Reynolds, Dr. Carl V, House                                                    

08/19/1982  

Richbourg Motors Building                                                           

04/26/1979  

Richmond Hill House                                                                      

08/16/1977  

S & W Cafeteria                                                                              

03/28/1977  

Sawyer Motor Company Building                                                    

04/26/1979  

Schoenberger Hall                                                                         

04/26/1979  

Sherrill's Inn                                                                                    

04/16/1975  

Smith-McDowell House                                                                 

08/01/1975  

Southern Railway Passenger Depot                                             

11/15/1979  
Spinning Wheel 07/28/1999  
St. Luke's Episcopal Church 09/30/1997  

St. Mary's Church 337 Charlotte St. Asheville                               

12/23/1994  

St. Matthias Episcopal Church                                                   

05/10/1979  

Weaverville United Methodist Church                                   

03/01/1996  

Wolfe, Thomas, House                                                                      

11/11/1971 National Historic Landmark Site,
November 11, 1971.

Young Men's Institute Building  (YMICC)

07/14/1977  

Zealandia                                                                                                    

03/14/1977  

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