McGeahy Building

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McGeahy Building
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McGeahy Building, January 2019
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Location7 1/2 Biltmore Plaza, Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°34′3″N82°32′34″W / 35.56750°N 82.54278°W / 35.56750; -82.54278
Arealess than one acre
Built1927 (1927)
ArchitectGreen, Ronald
MPS Biltmore Village MRA
NRHP reference No. 79001679 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 15, 1979

McGeahy Building is a historic commercial building located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927, and is a two-story, brick building with a raised parapet. [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. H. McKelden Smith (August 1976). "Biltmore Village Survey: McGeahy Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.