Chestnut Hill Historic District (Asheville, North Carolina)

Chestnut Hill Historic District
House in the Chestnut Hill Historic District, September 2012
Location Roughly bounded by Hillside, Washington, Broad, Hollywood, Orchards Sts. and Merrimon Ave., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°36′13″N 82°32′55″W / 35.60361°N 82.54861°WCoordinates: 35°36′13″N 82°32′55″W / 35.60361°N 82.54861°W
Area 55 acres (22 ha)
Architect Smith, R.S.; Tennent, J.A.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, Bungalow
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 83001837[1]
Added to NRHP March 17, 1983

Chestnut Hill Historic District is a national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 238 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in a predominantly residential section of Asheville. It was developed in the late-19th and early-20th century and includes Colonial Revival, Queen Anne-influenced, and bracketed Victorian style dwellings. At least eight of the houses were designed by noted architect Richard Sharp Smith.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Douglas Swaim and Barbara Groome (July 1982). "Chestnut Hill Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.