Buncombe County Courthouse

Buncombe County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Buncombe County Courthouse, January 2019
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Location	College and Davidson Sts., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°35′45″N82°32′55″W / 35.59583°N 82.54861°W / 35.59583; -82.54861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1924 (1924)-1928
Architect	Milburn, Frank
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Skyscraper
MPS	North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.	79001674 [1]
Added to NRHP	May 10, 1979

Buncombe County Courthouse & Asheville City Hall, 2012

Buncombe County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn and built between 1924 and 1928. It is a 17-story, steel frame skyscraper sheathed in brick and ashlar veneer. It features complex setbacks and an extravagant overlay of Neo-Classical Revival ornament. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ^[1] It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Buncombe County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

External links

• Media related to Buncombe County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons