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Asheville (/ ˈ æ ʃ v ɪ l / ASH-vil) is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. [7] Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the most populous city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most-populous city.
Items related to Asheville, North Carolina, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America) Ramsey Library. "Appalachian Studies". Research Guides. Asheville: University of North Carolina. (Subject guide) Humanities and Social Sciences Division. "Resources for Local History and Genealogy by State: North Carolina". Bibliographies and Guides.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Buncombe County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.The main residence, Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 [2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft ...
The neighborhood was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [2] In 1977, much of the Montford neighborhood was designated as a Historic District and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In 1981 the Asheville City Council designated the Montford Historic District a local historic district, as well.
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.
Asheville, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains and at the intersection of two major rivers — the French Broad and the Swannanoa — is vulnerable to flooding, as a long history attests.
The Smith-McDowell House is a c. 1840 brick mansion located in Asheville, North Carolina. [2] It is one of the "finest antebellum buildings in Western North Carolina." [2] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was the first mansion built in Asheville and is the oldest surviving brick structure in Buncombe County.