{"nrhp_refnum":"08000366","name":"Monte Vista Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"308 W. State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Black Mountain","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.61535677100005,"lon":-82.32238163199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, L-shaped, Colonial Revival-style brick hotel at 308 West State Street in Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina, completed in 1937 and designed by S. Grant Alexander. The nominated property also includes the 1926 Farmhouse annex.","why_significant":"The hotel is nominated under Criteria A and C, in the areas of architecture and entertainment/recreation. It was built by Lucien and Rosalie Phillips during the Depression as Black Mountain grew into a tourist destination, and it replaced their earlier hotel, which opened in 1919 in a converted school. It is a well-preserved example of Colonial Revival hotel design with intact principal interiors, and the 1926 Farmhouse is linked to the hotel's early operations.","narrative":"Black Mountain's Monte Vista Hotel is a three-story, L-shaped brick hotel in the Colonial Revival style, completed in 1937 on West State Street. Asheville architect S. Grant Alexander designed it for Lucien and Rosalie Phillips, who had run an earlier Monte Vista since 1919 in a converted school building. They borrowed $70,000 to build the new hotel in the middle of the Depression, betting on the area's tourist trade. The thirteen-bay facade, stone-fronted entry porch, and spacious lobby with a stone fireplace and beamed ceiling survive largely intact. A two-story frame Farmhouse annex of 1926 holds fifteen more guest rooms, and later additions from about 1940 and 1980 sit behind the main building. The hotel is listed for its architecture and for its role in the recreation and tourism that shaped Black Mountain, with a period of significance running from 1926 to 1957. It remains in use as a hotel with a dining room and bar.","period_of_significance":"1926 - 1957","architect_builder":"Alexander, S. Grant - architect; Dougherty, C. C. - builder","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still operating as a hotel with a dining room, bar and basement nightclub. The 1969 swimming pool is covered and not in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.613566-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/7192/47719220/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/08000366.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000366/1b452ecfaa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000366/1b452ecfaa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bill Fitzpatrick","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monti_Vista_Hotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Fitzpatrick</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:Monti_Vista_Hotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719220","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Vista_Hotel_(Black_Mountain,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18011311"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/monte-vista-hotel-08000366/"}