{"nrhp_refnum":"90001342","name":"Downtown Asheville Historic District (Boundary Increase II)","other_names":["Ravenscroft Amendment","See Also:Downtown Asheville Historic D"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Church St. and Ravenscroft Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.59177243800008,"lon":-82.55301228199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Downtown Asheville Historic District in Asheville, North Carolina, covering a small residential cluster along Ravenscroft Drive, Church Street and Hilliard Street. It includes 13 contributing and 4 non-contributing buildings, mostly houses built from the late 1890s to 1927.","why_significant":"The area is the most intact surviving residential cluster in Asheville's central business district. It shows how land near downtown was platted, developed and speculated on during the city's rapid growth, much as suburban tracts were. It also preserves Queen Anne, Craftsman bungalow, American Foursquare and Revival-style houses.","narrative":"This small residential enclave in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, sits along Ravenscroft Drive, Church Street and Hilliard Street beside the existing downtown historic district. It holds 13 contributing and 4 non-contributing buildings, mostly houses built between the late 1890s and 1927. Three Queen Anne houses with towers and wrap-around porches are the oldest. Craftsman bungalows, American Foursquare houses and a brick duplex followed after the surrounding land was platted as the Ravenscroft subdivision in 1910 from Episcopal church property. Its plat was prepared by Chauncey Beadle. Elsewhere downtown, houses were largely replaced by commercial development, leaving this group as the most intact residential cluster in the central business district. The area shows that housing close to the city center, like the suburbs, was developed and speculated on during Asheville's growth. Many buildings now serve as offices or rentals while retaining their architectural character.","period_of_significance":"C. 1898 - 1927","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne; Bungalow/Craftsman; Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most buildings have been modified for commercial or office use while keeping architectural integrity; some are used as single or multiple dwellings. One non-contributing 1984 commercial building is vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.872229-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/7173/47717332/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90001342.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001342/d3ebd31a04-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001342/d3ebd31a04-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"AbeEzekowitz","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asheville_Downtown_panorama.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">AbeEzekowitz</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_Downtown_panorama.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79001676","name":"Downtown Asheville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/downtown-asheville-historic-district-79001676/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717332","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Asheville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18149496"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/downtown-asheville-historic-district-boundary-increase-ii-90001342/"}