Ravenscroft School (Asheville, North Carolina)

Ravenscroft School
Ravenscroft School, September 2012
Location 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°35′29″N 82°33′15″W / 35.59139°N 82.55417°WCoordinates: 35°35′29″N 82°33′15″W / 35.59139°N 82.55417°W
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1845
Architectural style Greek Revival
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference # 78001935[1]
Added to NRHP December 12, 1978

Ravenscroft School, also known as Chateau Nollman, is a historic school building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The oldest section was built about 1845, and is a two- to three-story brick building in the Greek Revival style. It consists of a squat, three-story, pyramidal-roofed tower with projecting two-story rectangular wings. The building has a number of later additions including a two-story brick wing and two-story frame wing. It was originally built as a residence, and housed a school from 1856 to the turn of the 20th century. It was used as a boarding or rooming house until 1977.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. David Black and Jim Sumner (n.d.). "Ravenscroft School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

3. The Ravenscroft School in Asheville: A History of the Institution and Its People and Buildings: By Dale Wayne Slusser.