{"nrhp_refnum":"79001667","name":"Barker, Clarence, Memorial Hospital","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2--6 Reed St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.56515170000006,"lon":-82.54091175999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story hospital building at 2, 4, 6 Reed Street in Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, constructed in pebbledash. It is listed as Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital, and the form dates it as built by 1907.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as one of several Biltmore Village structures designed by Richard Sharp Smith, and as the only surviving structure built to house a Vanderbilt philanthropy. It also cites its association with George W. Vanderbilt, who financed it as a memorial to his cousin Clarence Barker, and its role as an adjunct institution of All Souls Episcopal Church from 1900 until 1919. Its highly irregular design is said to share motifs with the village's smaller residential and commercial buildings.","narrative":"Built by 1907 in Biltmore Village, Asheville, the Clarence Barker Memorial Hospital is a one-and-one-half story building of pebbledash construction. Its design combines gables, dormers, casement windows, stylized ornament and some shingle detail, a mix that is described as highly irregular for a building of its size. Richard Sharp Smith, a member of Richard Morris Hunt's architectural firm, designed it, and it uses the same design motifs found in the village's smaller residential and commercial structures. George W. Vanderbilt financed the hospital as a memorial to his cousin Clarence Barker, who is also commemorated in a stained glass window at All Souls Episcopal Church. From its incorporation in 1900 until 1919, when it became the Biltmore Hospital, it operated as an adjunct institution of All Souls Church under its charter. It is regarded as the only surviving building erected to house a Vanderbilt philanthropy, which gives it its importance in the village's history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Richard Sharp Smith (architect)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B","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 17:11:42.540017-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/7173/47717314/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001667.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001667/6463b2f583-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001667/6463b2f583-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clarence_Barker_Memorial_Hospital.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Teemu08</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:Clarence_Barker_Memorial_Hospital.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717314","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Barker_Memorial_Hospital","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17985736"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/barker-clarence-memorial-hospital-79001667/"}