Marycrest College Historic District is located on a bluff overlooking the West End of Davenport, Iowa, United States. The district encompasses the campus of Marycrest College, which was a small, private collegiate institution. The school became Teikyo Marycrest University and finally Marycrest International University after affiliating with a Japanese educational consortium during the 1990s. The school closed in 2002 because of financial shortcomings. The campus has been listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties and on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004. At the time of its nomination, the historic district consisted of 13 resources, including six contributing buildings and five non-contributing buildings. Two of the buildings were already individually listed on the National Register.
Asheville–Buncombe Technical Community College is a public community college in Asheville, North Carolina. Established in 1959, the college is one of the oldest in the North Carolina Community College System and serves Buncombe and Madison counties across five different campuses, although students from anywhere may enroll. As of the 2014–15 school year, the curriculum enrollment was 10,070 and continuing education enrollment was 14,053 students. As of 2019–20, the college is the seventh largest in the North Carolina system and the largest in Western North Carolina. A-B Tech offers more than 120 degrees, diplomas, and certificates.
The Smith-McDowell House is a c. 1840 brick mansion located in Asheville, North Carolina. It is one of the "finest antebellum buildings in Western North Carolina." Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it was the first mansion built in Asheville and is the oldest surviving brick structure in Buncombe County. Since October, 2023, the building is home to Asheville Museum of History.
Asheville City Hall, is a historic Art Deco brick and stone governmental office building located on Court Plaza in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. It serves as the seat of the government of the City of Asheville. It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The building's unique shape and colorful exterior have made it an iconic Asheville landmark and a symbol for the city, reflected by the use of its silhouette in the city's seal.
Richard Sharp Smith was an English-born American architect, noted for his association with George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate and Asheville, North Carolina. Smith worked for some of America's important architectural firms of the late 19th century—Richard Morris Hunt, Bradford Lee Gilbert, and Reid & Reid—before establishing his practice in Asheville. His most significant body of work is in Asheville and Western North Carolina, including dozens of buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places or are contributing structures to National Register Historic Districts.
S & W Cafeteria is a historic S & W Cafeteria building located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District of Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, USA. It was designed by the architect Douglas Ellington and built in 1929. It is a three-story, brick building in the Art Deco style. The front facade is sheathed in grey ashlar and features polychrome ornamentation and exotic stylistic motifs. In 1974, the S & W Cafeteria moved to the Asheville Mall.
Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building is a historic warehouse located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1929, and is a three-story, eight-bay, Art Deco-style reinforced concrete building. It features receding stepped brick panels on either side of the main entrance and a patterned brick parapet.
Richbourg Motors Building was a historic auto showroom located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a three-story slightly curved building faced in brick. It featured a parapet with brick panels and limestone coping. The building was built for Tench C. Coxe and leased to the Richbourg Motor Company, Asheville's Ford and Lincoln dealer. The building has since been demolished.
Schoenberger Hall was a historic residential building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1887, and was a 2 1/2-story, brick dwelling. It featured an Eastlake-detailed wraparound verandah and a slate-shingled mansard roof. The building was the former home of the Ravenscroft Associate Missions and Training School of the North Carolina Episcopal Diocese and the former residence of the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina. The building has been demolished.
Ottari Sanitarium, also known as the Coburn Apartments, is a historic building complex located at 491 Kimberly Avenue in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The original section was built in 1912, and now forms the east end of the building. It is a three-story, stuccoed brick building with a hipped roof. It was enlarged in 1923, with the addition of a three-story, 14 bay brick addition, connected to the original building by a two-story section. The building was converted to apartments in 1937.
Biltmore Hospital, also known as the Biltmore Hospital Extension and Memorial Mission Hospital, is a historic hospital building located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1929–1930, and originally known as the Battle Wing to the Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital. It is a four-story, 13 bay by 3 bay, brick and stone building with a flat roof and Tudor Revival style design elements. A two-story wing was completed in 1953 for the Imperial Life Insurance Company. Also on the property are contributing culverts and a sign.
Buncombe County Boys' Training School is a historic school building located near Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927–1928, and is a two-story, granite and brick main building in the Tudor Revival style. It consists of three principal sections with a two-story, rear ell containing the kitchen and other service areas. The school was permanently closed in 1945, and the building was reopened in 1947 as the new County Home for the Aged. Since 1983, the building has housed an Army National Guard training center. The building was renovated around 2006 and today, houses Buncombe County's Emergency Services and Operations Center It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Bledsoe Building is a historic commercial building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927, and is a two-story, trapezoid-shape brick structure. It consists of three distinct sections; a central portion and flanking east and west wings. The building houses many retail services, offices, and residential rentals rooms.
Biltmore Hardware Building is a historic commercial building located at Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1923, and is a two-story, rectangular brick structure, with a one-story wing added in 1927. It has a central doorway flanked by storefronts. It was the home of Biltmore Hardware, a business that existed in Biltmore Village from about 1936 to 2000.
Downtown Asheville Historic District is a national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses about 279 contributing buildings and one contributing object in the central business district of Asheville. It includes commercial, institutional, and residential buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Queen Anne, and Art Deco.
Locust Lawn is a historic tobacco plantation house and national historic district located near Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. It was built about 1855 by Armistead Ravenscroft Burwell, a descendant of the prominent Burwell Family of Virginia and is a two-story, three-bay, T-shaped Greek Revival style dwelling. It has a two-story rear ell, one-story kitchen wing, brick cellar and central front porch. Also on the property are the contributing six log tobacco barns, two frame barns, frame corncrib, overseer's house, and Burwell Family cemetery.
Mars Hill High School, also known as Mars Hill School and Mars Hill Elementary School, is a historic high school building located at Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina. It was built between 1936 and 1938 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and is a one-story native stone building in the WPA Rustic style. It consists of two sections: a rear-facing L-shaped classroom block and a gymnasium wing Mars Hill High School continued to serve the community as a high school until a new high school was built in 1973. The building housed middle and elementary school students until 2001.
Bank of French Broad, also known as the Robert Building, is a historic bank building located at Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina. The Bank of French Broad and adjacent Robert Building were designed by noted Asheville architect James J. Baldwin and built in 1922–1923. They are two- to three-story, Classical Revival style brick buildings. The two buildings were joined into one building in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
The Asheville Masonic Temple is a Masonic Temple located in Asheville, North Carolina. Designed by British American architect and Freemason Richard Sharp Smith, the building was opened in April 1915. It is listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places as a contributing building in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.
North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf Dormitory, also known as the Old Health Building, is a historic dormitory building located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It was designed by the architect Frank Pierce Milburn and built in 1898. It is a 3 1/2-story, rectangular, red brick, Châteauesque style building. It features a dramatic, towered dormered roofline and measures 104 feet wide and 85 feet deep. It consists of a rectangular block with parapeted gabled pavilions, three-story engaged towers, and a three-story rear wing. It is the only remaining structure of the North Carolina School for the Blind and Deaf, now known as Governor Morehead School. After the school moved to a new location in 1923, the building housed state offices.
