Riverside Industrial Historic District

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Riverside Industrial Historic District
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Riverside Industrial Historic District, September 2012
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LocationRoughly bounded by Clingman Ave., Lyman St., Roberts St., and Riverside Dr., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°35′10″N82°34′01″W / 35.58611°N 82.56694°W / 35.58611; -82.56694 Coordinates: 35°35′10″N82°34′01″W / 35.58611°N 82.56694°W / 35.58611; -82.56694
Area39 acres (16 ha)
Built1880 (1880)
Architectural styleItalianate, Early Commercial
NRHP reference No. 04000825 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 11, 2004

Riverside Industrial Historic District, also known as Asheville Wholesale District, is a national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure (Southern Railway Tracks and Right of Way) in a predominantly industrial section of Asheville. Notable buildings include the Orpheus and Bertha Keener House (c. 1890), American Feed Milling Company (c. 1915), Italianate style Carolina Coal & Ice Company (c. 1905), Asheville Cotton Mill Cloth Warehouse (c. 1900), Standard Oil Company complex (c. 1916), and Farmers Federation Building (c. 1920). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [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. Clay Griffith (April 2004). "Riverside Industrial Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.