City guide
19 buildings worth a detour, each with what to look for. Open them on the map, or walk them with the iPhone app, which collects each one you photograph.
The buildings that define the city's architecture.
The Arcade Building in downtown Asheville was designed by architect Charles N. Parker for developer E.W. Grove in the Tudor Revival style, occupying a full downtown city block. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Teemu08 , CC BY-SA 3.0
Asheville City Hall was completed in 1928 to an Art Deco design by architect Douglas Ellington. It stands in downtown Asheville and is a National Register of Historic Places listed place and contributing property.
Photo: Upstateherd , CC BY-SA 4.0
Mediterranean Revival architecture
The Basilica of St. Lawrence in downtown Asheville was completed in 1905 to a design by Rafael Guastavino in the Mediterranean Revival style. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Elisa.rolle , CC BY-SA 4.0
The Battery Park Hotel was built in 1924 by developer E.W. Grove in the Colonial Revival style, after Grove leveled the hill on which it sits and replaced the original nineteenth-century Battery Park Hotel. It sits prominently atop that hill overlooking downtown Asheville and is a National Register of Historic Places contributing property and listed place.
Photo: Teemu08 , CC BY-SA 3.0
The Buncombe County Courthouse in downtown Asheville was designed by Frank Pierce Milburn in the Neoclassical style. It fronts Pack Square, standing immediately next to the Art Deco Asheville City Hall, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Teemu08 , CC BY-SA 3.0
Cathedral of All Souls is a Romanesque Revival church designed by Richard Morris Hunt and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Willthacheerleader18 at English Wikipedia , CC BY-SA 3.0
The Flat Iron Building is a downtown Asheville skyscraper in the Beaux-Arts style, distinguished by its wedge, 'flatiron' shape. It is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Mangodrake , CC BY-SA 4.0
The S & W Cafeteria in downtown Asheville was built in 1929 as a segregation-era cafeteria, with an Art Deco facade designed by architect Douglas Ellington, who also designed Asheville City Hall. It sits on Patton Avenue and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, both individually and as a contributing property.
Photo: Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States , CC0
Worth a stop when you're nearby.
Landmark
The Biltmore Estate Office is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designed by Richard Morris Hunt, the architect behind the Biltmore Estate itself.
Photo: Teemu08 , CC BY-SA 3.0
First Baptist Church, in downtown Asheville, is an Art Deco building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick , CC BY-SA 3.0
The Thomas Wolfe House is a Queen Anne style home in downtown Asheville, designated a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its landmark status reflects its connection to the author for whom it is named.
Photo: Abe Ezekowitz , CC BY-SA 2.0
The William Jennings Bryan House is a Colonial Revival home completed in 1917 by the architectural firm Smith & Carrier, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It takes its name from William Jennings Bryan.
Photo: Karen D. Hoffman , CC BY-SA 3.0
Landmark
The Young Men's Institute Building in downtown Asheville was completed in 1893 to a design by architect Richard Sharp Smith, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Karen D. Hoffman , CC BY-SA 3.0
Fine buildings that fewer people seek out.
Landmark
Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital was designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Teemu08 , CC BY-SA 3.0
The Dr. Carl V. Reynolds House is a Neoclassical house listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Upstateherd , CC BY-SA 4.0
Fire Station Number 4 is an Art Deco building designed by architect Douglas Ellington, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Karen D. Hoffman , CC BY-SA 3.0
The George A. Mears House is a Queen Anne style house in downtown Asheville, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Farragutful , CC BY-SA 3.0
Landmark
The Mrs. Minnie Alexander Cottage was designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Bill Fitzpatrick , CC BY-SA 3.0
The Samuel Harrison Reed House is a Queen Anne style house listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photo: Elisa.rolle , CC BY-SA 4.0
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