{"nrhp_refnum":"76001307","name":"Asheville City Hall","other_names":["See Also:79001676"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"City County Plaza","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.59570937400008,"lon":-82.54834209399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Asheville City Hall is an eight-story municipal office building on the City/County Plaza in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, built 1926-1928 and designed by architect Douglas D. Ellington.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinctive expression of Asheville's pre-Depression heyday and one of the chief works of Ellington, described as the city's Art Deco master. Its fortress-like, stepped form and stylized American Indian-derived feather motif were designed specifically for the mountain city. It also reflects the city's search for a permanent seat of government.","narrative":"Asheville City Hall is an eight-story municipal office building on the City/County Plaza, completed in 1928 to designs by architect Douglas D. Ellington. Its form rises from a pink Georgia marble base through three set-back levels of light brown brick to a stepped octagonal roof of red terra-cotta tile, topped by a conical belfry tower. A stylized feather motif, meant to recall the Indian epoch, appears in bas-reliefs, obelisks, lamps and interior details. The nomination calls it a flamboyantly polychromed blend of Beaux Arts form and Art Deco character. Ellington said he chose colors to echo the clay-pink local soil. The building cost $750,000 and replaced an 1892 municipal building that was condemned and razed in 1926. During World War II the Army leased the whole building as a weather and communications headquarters. It is cited as one of the chief monuments of Ellington's career in Asheville.","period_of_significance":"1926-1928","architect_builder":"Douglas D. Ellington","architectural_style":"Art Deco, with some Beaux Arts form","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed condition is excellent and altered; the form shows the building occupied and in government use, with upper floors rented as office space after World War II.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.549392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7192/47719238/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001307.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001307/7e0958505d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001307/7e0958505d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asheville_City_Hall_-_Asheville,_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asheville_City_Hall_-_Asheville,_NC.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79001676","name":"Downtown Asheville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/downtown-asheville-historic-district-79001676/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719238","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_City_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4804910"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/asheville-city-hall-76001307/"}