{"nrhp_refnum":"79001665","name":"Asheville Transfer and Storage Company Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"192-194 Coxe Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.58742749700008,"lon":-82.55436300599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story reinforced concrete commercial building at 192-194 Coxe Avenue in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, built in 1929 for J. H. Morris and designed by local architect V. W. Breeze.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a key structure on Coxe Avenue and a sister to the nearby auto warehouses. Its Art Deco detailing anticipates commercial buildings of the 1930s and 1940s. The design and workmanship are described as above average for downtown, and the building is nearly intact apart from a well-designed new entrance.","narrative":"Built in 1929 at 192-194 Coxe Avenue in Asheville, this three-story reinforced concrete building was erected as a commercial and garage structure for J. H. Morris. Local architect V. W. Breeze designed it, and a newspaper that year put its cost at about $38,000. The facade is tan stretcher-bond brick trimmed with limestone. The central four of eight bays project slightly, and parallel brick piers emphasize their height. The parapet carries corbelled vee patterns, recessed panels, soldier courses, limestone inserts with an inverted fountain motif, and feather-motif caps on the central piers. A garage door behind wrought-iron gates sits at one side of the entrance, with a display window on the other. The first listed occupant was the Asheville Transfer and Storage Company. The building is valued as a key structure on Coxe Avenue, related to the nearby auto warehouses, and for Art Deco detailing that looks ahead to later commercial architecture. Its design and workmanship rank above average for downtown, and it remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1929","architect_builder":"V. W. Breeze (architect); J. H. Morris (original owner)","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as complete and intact except for a replaced entrance; the original door and frame were replaced with an aluminum and glass entrance.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.116384-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/7172/47717278/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001665.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001665/be45a806bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001665/be45a806bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renard DellaFave","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asheville_Transfer_and_Storage_Company_Building_192_Coxe_Ave.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renard DellaFave</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:Asheville_Transfer_and_Storage_Company_Building_192_Coxe_Ave.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717278","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_Transfer_and_Storage_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985622"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/asheville-transfer-and-storage-company-building-79001665/"}