{"nrhp_refnum":"79001679","name":"McGeahy Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7 1/2 Biltmore Plaza","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.56765283400006,"lon":-82.54272523499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick commercial building at 7 1/2 Biltmore Plaza in Biltmore Village, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, built between 1925 and 1930. It stands beside the Biltmore Estate Office.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as one of the few high-quality architectural buildings erected in Biltmore Village during the 1920s and as a reminder of the growth of Asheville in the years after the Vanderbilt era. It is attributed to local architect Ronald Green and is cited for its simple Sullivanesque ornamentation and decorative brick patterns.","narrative":"Built between 1925 and 1930, the two-story brick commercial building at 7 1/2 Biltmore Plaza in Biltmore Village, Asheville, sits next to the Biltmore Estate Office on a prominent site. Its design is credited to local architect Ronald Green, who worked during a period of strong construction in Asheville in the 1920s alongside Douglass Ellington. The facade shows simple Sullivanesque ornamentation and a variety of decorative brickwork. The building is considered one of the few buildings of high architectural quality constructed in Biltmore Village during the 1920s. It also reflects the growth of the Asheville area in the years following the Vanderbilt era, when the village was developing beyond the estate's original plan. The structure is described as notable and well maintained, and it remains a representative example of commercial architecture from the decade in the village.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1925-1930","architect_builder":"Ronald Green (architect)","architectural_style":"Sullivanesque","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as well-maintained","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.513414-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/7172/47717290/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79001679.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001679/f04f86ae26-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001679/f04f86ae26-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Teemu08","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McGeahy_Building.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:McGeahy_Building.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717290","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGeahy_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18154257"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/mcgeahy-building-79001679/"}