{"nrhp_refnum":"03000267","name":"Bledsoe Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"771-783 Haywood Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.57888135300004,"lon":-82.59425738099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Commercial Style building at the north side of Haywood Road at Mildred Avenue in West Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927 by James T. Bledsoe, a real estate developer and businessman.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a highly intact example of the Commercial Style and is the largest and most prominent commercial building on Haywood Road. Its second floor retains residential rooms with original woodworking and Craftsman staircases, which the nomination says no other building on the corridor preserves.","narrative":"Built in 1927 by developer James T. Bledsoe, this two-story brick building stands at the north side of Haywood Road at Mildred Avenue in West Asheville. Its deep red, textured brick walls, corbelled cornice, central parapet and bands of second-floor windows follow the Commercial Style. The building is ten bays wide on its south front and originally held eight separate retail spaces on the first floor. Its upper floor was built for offices and residential rooms, with two wings of rooms, two-panel doors with transoms, screen doors and Craftsman staircases still in place. Businesses from plumbers and grocers to a seed company and dentists occupied the building from 1928 to 1951. The building is regarded as one of the most intact Commercial Style structures in Asheville and as the most prominent on Haywood Road. Its residential interiors, which survive intact, are rare among commercial buildings in the area.","period_of_significance":"1927","architect_builder":"James T. Bledsoe (builder/developer)","architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The first floor is used for retail and studio space and the upper floor is unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.221913-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/7191/47719129/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000267.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000267/b113f95c22-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000267/b113f95c22-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bledsoe_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bledsoe_Building.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"06000691","name":"West Asheville End of Car Line Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/west-asheville-end-of-car-line-historic-district-06000691/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719129","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bledsoe_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985956"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/bledsoe-building-03000267/"}