{"nrhp_refnum":"90001918","name":"Grove Park Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Kimberly Amendment to Grove Park Historic District","See Also:"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly, Kimberly Ave. from Maywood St. to N of Evelyn Pl., including Grove Park Inn Country Club","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.61920799050006,"lon":-82.54711730907286,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-12-18","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 Grove Park Historic District, a planned early twentieth-century residential neighborhood in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, covering the Kimberly Lands along Kimberly Avenue, Farrwood Avenue and nearby streets. It was developed by Edwin W. Grove beginning in 1923 and includes the Grove Park Inn Country Club clubhouse and golf course.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the area is important under criterion C for its distinctive streetscapes and period-style houses, which are distinguished from the post-World War II development around it. It is also significant under criterion A for reflecting Asheville's growth during the 1920s and 1930s, when middle and upper-middle class homeowners moved from the city center to suburbs. The area includes three pre-existing Kimberly family houses and the 1925 country club clubhouse and golf course that attracted buyers to Grove Park.","narrative":"Laid out in 1923 by Asheville developer Edwin Wiley Grove on the Kimberly family farmland, this residential area lies north of the original Grove Park neighborhood along Kimberly Avenue, which runs beside the Asheville Country Club golf course. Lots on Kimberly Avenue are 100 feet wide, while side streets such as Farrwood Avenue have lots about 60 feet wide, and service alleys run behind many properties. Most houses were built between 1923 and 1940 by L. B. Jackson, who built some eighteen houses here, and by architects including William Waldo Dodge Jr. and Charles N. Parker. The houses range across Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and bungalow styles. The area is listed for its cohesive 1920s and 1930s streetscapes and for its link to Asheville's suburban growth in that boom period. The 1925 clubhouse of the Grove Park Inn Country Club is included as a contributing property.","period_of_significance":"C. 1890; ca. 1899; ca. 1913; 1923-1940","architect_builder":"Dodge, William Waldo, Jr., architect; Jackson, Lynwood Baldwin, builder; Parker, Charles N., architect; Lord, William Henry, architect; Greene, Ronald, architect; Linderberg, H. T., architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Tudor Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","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 17:11:40.723755-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/7191/47719197/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90001918.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001918/6bfe5c3da9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001918/6bfe5c3da9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grove_Park_Historic_District_-_Dr._Louie_Mueller_Griffith_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719197","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grove_Park_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18151153"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/grove-park-historic-district-boundary-increase-90001918/"}