Building at 140 Biltmore Avenue

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Location140 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°35′25″N82°33′4″W / 35.59028°N 82.55111°W / 35.59028; -82.55111
Arealess than one acre
Built1915 (1915)
MPS Asheville Historic and Architectural MRA
NRHP reference No. 79003325 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1979

Building at 140 Biltmore Avenue is a historic residential building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is one of a row of granite apartment buildings on the lower end of Biltmore Avenue. It was built in 1915, and is a two-story, uncoursed rubble granite apartment building covered with a smooth, tan stucco. It features a low, hipped roof, two story porch on either side, and four chimney stacks. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Building at 140 Biltmore Avenue" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.