{"nrhp_refnum":"78001934","name":"Manor and Cottages","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"265 Charlotte St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.608225783500075,"lon":-82.54250801929825,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small resort district in the Albemarle Park section of Asheville, North Carolina, made up of a rambling inn called the Manor, a gatehouse lodge, a club house and dozens of cottages on the western slope of Sunset Mountain. The Manor was begun in 1898 for Thomas Wadley Raoul and opened January 1, 1899.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the group forms a highly picturesque district evoking Asheville's turn-of-the-century resort boom. Its craftsmanship and combination of Shingle, Tudor and gambrel-roofed Colonial Revival elements relate to Biltmore Village and early twentieth-century Asheville housing. It is described as one of the rare surviving picturesque resort developments in the North Carolina mountains.","narrative":"Albemarle Park, on the western slope of Sunset Mountain in Asheville, is a resort district centered on the Manor, an inn conceived by Thomas W. Raoul as an English country house in the mountains. Construction began in 1898, and the inn and two cottages opened on January 1, 1899. A lodge arching over the entrance drive was the first building, and wings were added in 1903 and 1913-1914. Nineteen cottages with individual names, such as Columbus, Clio and Cherokee, were built mainly between 1899 and 1920, and later houses fill out the park. The buildings combine Shingle, Tudor-style and gambrel-roofed Colonial Revival elements. The Manor's interior includes carved woodwork said to be by craftsmen from the Biltmore Estate. The district was listed as a rare surviving example of the picturesque resort developments of the North Carolina mountains. The Manor now operates as a retirement hotel, and most cottages are private residences or apartments.","period_of_significance":"1898 to present","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Shingle, Tudoresque and Dutch/Colonial Revival (picturesque resort architecture)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The Manor is still used as a retirement hotel; the Club House has been altered for offices; most cottages are private homes or apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.515707-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7192/47719205/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/78001934.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001934/3757b18461-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78001934/3757b18461-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bill Fitzpatrick","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Manor_and_Cottages.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:The_Manor_and_Cottages.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719205","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_and_Cottages","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18154076"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/manor-and-cottages-78001934/"}