{"nrhp_refnum":"06000718","name":"West Asheville-Aycock School Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"401-441 Haywood Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.579415928500055,"lon":-82.58183123832742,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A compact historic district of ten contributing and four non-contributing buildings centered on the Haywood Road intersection with Westwood Place and Richmond Avenue in West Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina. It contains commercial and civic buildings from about 1915 to 1936 plus the 1953 Charles B. Aycock School.","why_significant":"The district is described as a rare concentration of historic commercial and civic buildings along Haywood Road, the main street of the West Asheville community. It includes the former fire station, bank, post office, filling station and the school, which reflect the area's growth after annexation by Asheville in 1917 and the streetcar era. The Aycock School site was home to West Asheville's first public school.","narrative":"Along Haywood Road in West Asheville, a small cluster of brick commercial and civic buildings forms one of the few intact historic streetscapes on the corridor. The district's fourteen resources date mainly from about 1915 to 1936 and include the 1922 Mission Revival fire station, the ca. 1927 West Asheville Bank and Trust Company building with Neoclassical details, a ca. 1936 Art Deco filling station, and two-story commercial blocks that once housed groceries, a theater and shops. The Charles B. Aycock School, built in 1953 to designs by Six Associates, Inc., occupies the site of West Asheville's first public school and keeps its educational use. The area grew after the Western Turnpike route became Haywood Road, a streetcar line arrived in 1911, and West Asheville was annexed by Asheville in 1917. Nearby modern infill and heavily altered buildings separate this district from other historic resources along the road.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Six Associates, Inc. (Charles B. Aycock School, 1953)","architectural_style":"Commercial Style, Classical Revival, Mission, Art Deco, Modern Movement","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mixed uses: Aycock School continues in educational use as a preschool; some buildings are commercial or vacant/not in use; the filling station now operates as an alternative fuel station and convenience store.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.347781-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7191/47719183/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000718.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719183","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Asheville%E2%80%93Aycock_School_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18159208"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/west-asheville-aycock-school-historic-district-06000718/"}