{"nrhp_refnum":"14000544","name":"West Asheville-Aycock School Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"444 Haywood Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.57787426700003,"lon":-82.58134352099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2014-09-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of one- and two-story brick commercial and civic buildings along both sides of Haywood Road in West Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, centred on the intersection with Westwood Place and Richmond Avenue. It includes the Charles B. Aycock School, built in 1953.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is a cohesive collection of early twentieth-century commercial and civic buildings that formed the core of West Asheville's development along the Haywood Road corridor and its streetcar line. It also argues the buildings represent typical commercial architecture of the period, and it is locally significant under Criteria A and C in commerce, community planning and development, education, and architecture.","narrative":"Along both sides of Haywood Road in West Asheville, Buncombe County, a cluster of one- and two-story brick commercial and civic buildings dates from about 1915 to 1936. The district grew up around the intersection with Westwood Place and Richmond Avenue, once the terminus of a streetcar line that ran from Asheville's Depot Street area from 1911 until service ended in 1934. Its contributing buildings include the Buckner Building, built about 1924 for J. H. and Anna Buckner, and the McGeachy Filling Station, a streamlined Art Deco station from about 1936. The Charles B. Aycock School, a 1953 building designed by Six Associates, Inc., occupies a large tract northwest of the commercial core. The district is significant for its role in the commercial and civic growth of West Asheville, and for its typical early twentieth-century commercial architecture and methods of construction.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1915 - 1956","architect_builder":"Six Associates, Inc. - architect","architectural_style":"Commercial Style, Classical Revival, Mission, Art Deco, Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.340223-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7191/47719183/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000718.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"06000718","name":"West Asheville-Aycock School Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/west-asheville-aycock-school-historic-district-06000718/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/west-asheville-aycock-school-historic-district-boundary-increase-14000544/"}