{"nrhp_refnum":"79001677","name":"E. D. Latta Nurses' Residence","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"159 Woodfin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.59951771000004,"lon":-82.54664941499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story English bond brick former nurses' home at 159 Woodfin Street in Asheville, built in 1929 for Mission Hospital and designed by William and Anthony Lord. It is now known as the Interchange Center.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the most consistent and finest piece of non-domestic Neo-Georgian architecture in Asheville. It was designed by two of the city's most popular architects, both Fellows of the AIA. It was also funded by a bequest from Edward D. Latta, a Charlotte developer who had been a patient at the hospital.","narrative":"Built in 1929 at 159 Woodfin Street in Asheville, this three-story brick building was constructed as a nurses' home for Mission Hospital. It has an ell-shaped plan, English bond brickwork and multiple-hipped standing-seam tin roofs. The eleven-bay front has a slightly projecting central pavilion with a pediment, rusticated brick on the first floor, Roman-arched windows and a shallow Tuscan portico at the entrance. William and Anthony Lord, both Fellows of the AIA, designed it, and the nomination judges it the finest non-domestic Neo-Georgian building in the city. The money came from Edward D. Latta, a Charlotte developer who had been a hospital patient in Asheville; his 1925 will left the hospital about a million dollars, with the first use of the interest to be a nurses' home. Originally it held bedrooms, supervisors' suites, sitting rooms, a recreation room, a chemistry lab and lecture rooms. The hospital has since moved, and the building now serves as rental offices with a modern glass and brick stair and elevator tower.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William and Anthony Lord","architectural_style":"Neo-Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"No longer owned by the hospital, which moved elsewhere; rooms converted to rental office space, with a brick and glass elevator and stair tower added at the rear angle.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.077699-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/7172/47717284/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001677.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001677/3b2a1ed0b1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001677/3b2a1ed0b1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E._D._Latta_Nurses%27_Residence.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:E._D._Latta_Nurses%27_Residence.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717284","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._D._Latta_Nurses%27_Residence","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18153443"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/e-d-latta-nurses-residence-79001677/"}