{"nrhp_refnum":"06000691","name":"West Asheville End of Car Line Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Both sides of Haywood Rd. from 715 to 814 and 7-9 Brevard Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.578025082500034,"lon":-82.5939335757785,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear commercial historic district along the 700 and 800 blocks of Haywood Road and two buildings on Brevard Road in West Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina, with buildings dating from about 1916 to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is a rare concentration of historic commercial buildings on Haywood Road, the main spine of West Asheville. It sits at the end of the streetcar line that served West Asheville from 1911 to 1934, and its buildings reflect the commercial growth that followed annexation by Asheville in 1917.","narrative":"Along the 700 and 800 blocks of Haywood Road in West Asheville, a nearly continuous row of one- and two-story brick and concrete block storefronts marks the place where the streetcar line from downtown Asheville once turned around at Brevard Road. Streetcars ran to this point from 1911 until 1934. The district holds twenty-four contributing and two non-contributing resources, most built between 1916 and the mid-1930s. Notable buildings include the 1937 Art Deco Isis Theater, the cottage-like Pure Oil Station, the 1917 Wells Building, and a Craftsman bungalow. Early tenants included grocers, barbers, cleaners, drug stores and department stores, among them May's Market, which operated from 1928 to 1978. West Asheville was annexed by Asheville in 1917, and the following years of growth shaped Haywood Road's appearance. Together with the nearby West Asheville-Aycock School district, this stretch preserves a rare group of historic commercial buildings amid later infill.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Commercial Style; Bungalow/Craftsman; Modern Movement/Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings are still in commercial use as shops and restaurants; the former Isis Theater has been used as a restaurant and one building is listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.023614-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/7191/47719179/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000691.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000691/dea3865d07-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000691/dea3865d07-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jhersk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:End_of_Car_Line.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jhersk</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:End_of_Car_Line.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719179","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Asheville_End_of_Car_Line_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159206"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/west-asheville-end-of-car-line-historic-district-06000691/"}