{"nrhp_refnum":"79003325","name":"Building at 140 Biltmore Avenue","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"140 Biltmore Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.590447496000024,"lon":-82.55088953499995,"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 two-story rubble granite apartment building with smooth tan stucco on Biltmore Avenue in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was constructed about 1913-1917, according to Sanborn insurance maps.","why_significant":"The building is one of a row of granite and stucco apartment buildings at the lower end of Biltmore Avenue, an unusual form for North Carolina. Its massing and detailing are described as reminiscent of European or English models rather than typical Late Queen Anne or Colonial Revival residences. The nomination suggests it may have been influenced by, or designed by, English emigre architect R. S. Smith, and notes the increasing use of concrete in its ornamental and structural elements.","narrative":"Built about 1913 to 1917 on Biltmore Avenue in Asheville, this two-story apartment building is constructed of rubble granite and finished in smooth tan stucco. Its low hipped roof carries four chimneys, and the central two bays of the four-bay front project forward, each with a two-story porch. A doorway with a plain molded surround sits in the center pavilion, and a street entrance opens at grade on the north side. Cast-concrete balustrades and molded concrete urns decorate the upper porch level. The building is the latest of a row of three granite and stucco apartment houses on the lower end of the avenue. Its massing and detailing recall English and European models, which was unusual for North Carolina at the time. The row may have been designed by English emigre architect R. S. Smith or influenced by his work. The building also shows the growing use of concrete in Asheville for ornamental and structural elements.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1913-1917","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["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 17:11:42.301453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/7173/47717300/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79003325.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003325/384829d943-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003325/384829d943-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Farragutful","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_140_Biltmore_Avenue.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Farragutful</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:Building_at_140_Biltmore_Avenue.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717300","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_at_140_Biltmore_Avenue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17986148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/building-at-140-biltmore-avenue-79003325/"}