{"nrhp_refnum":"91000361","name":"Intheoaks","other_names":["In-The-Oaks"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"510 Vance Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Black Mountain","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.61117158350004,"lon":-82.32782221781717,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Tudor Revival country estate known as INTHEOAKS, on the south side of U.S. Highway 70 in Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina, built 1919-1921 as the home of industrialist Franklin Silas Terry. The estate was later converted to a camp and diocesan offices, and it is listed as a district.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the estate is linked to Terry's leading role in the American incandescent lighting industry and that it was his home in his final years. It also argues the house is a distinctive Tudor Revival country manor in western North Carolina, designed by New York architect Frank E. Wallis with later wings by Richard Sharp Smith and Francis George Hasselman, and that it is one of the last grand estates built in the region before the Great Depression.","narrative":"Built between 1919 and 1921 in Black Mountain, North Carolina, INTHEOAKS is a Tudor Revival country manor of granite ashlar and cedar shingle, with a shingled roof, a courtyard, and a two-story U-shaped plan. New York architect Frank E. Wallis designed the house for industrialist Franklin Silas Terry, and a recreation wing followed by 1923, designed first by Asheville architect Richard Sharp Smith and completed by Francis George Hasselman. Its interiors include a 63-foot living room with a kingpost truss ceiling, a music studio with a vaulted ceiling, and a Dutch-style tavern room. Prohibition-era features include a concealed wine cellar and a dumbwaiter hidden behind a wainscot panel. The estate is listed for its association with Terry, a leader in the incandescent lighting industry who was a key figure at National Electric Lamp Company, and for its architecture as a rare English-style country house in western North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"1921-1940","architect_builder":"Frank E. Wallis (architect); Richard Sharp Smith (architect, recreation wing); Francis George Hasselman (architect, completed wing); J. M. Geary Construction Company (builder of addition)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a conference center and being carefully restored, per the document.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.821931-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/7192/47719228/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91000361.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000361/0fda534836-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000361/0fda534836-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intheoaks_-_Black_Mountain,_N.C._02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intheoaks_-_Black_Mountain,_N.C._02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719228","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intheoaks","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18152530"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/intheoaks-91000361/"}