{"nrhp_refnum":"94001476","name":"St. Mary's Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"337 Charlotte St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.61108034400007,"lon":-82.54488517199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-12-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Mary's Church is a red brick, gable-front Gothic Revival church at the corner of Charlotte Street and Macon Avenue in the Grove Park neighborhood of Asheville, North Carolina, built in 1914 with a rectory completed in 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is significant for its association with the Anglo-Catholic movement in the Episcopal Church in North Carolina, and for its architecture and landscape plan, which were designed by Richard Sharp Smith and Chauncey Beadle. It states that the church remains virtually intact and that it introduced the Gothic Revival style to the neighborhood.","narrative":"Gothic Revival church built in 1914 at the corner of Charlotte Street and Macon Avenue in Asheville's Grove Park neighborhood, designed by Richard Sharp Smith, a vestry member of the parish. Its red brick walls, cruciform plan, pointed-arch windows and oak entry doors remain largely intact, and a 1960 addition to the east end was built in matching materials. The church was founded in June 1914 by Rev. Charles Mercer Hall, who had converted members of Trinity Parish to Anglo-Catholic worship. Its high liturgy has been in continuous use since then, and the parish is described as the only uncompromising Anglo-Catholic church in North Carolina. The grounds follow a landscape plan begun around 1915 by Chauncey Beadle of the Biltmore Estate, with native rhododendrons, dogwoods, stone paths and retaining walls. The Wayside Shrine, set at the corner in 1915, stands on the site. The church is significant for its architecture, its landscape and its role in the religious and social history of the neighborhood.","period_of_significance":"1914-1944","architect_builder":"Richard Sharp Smith (architect); Chauncey Beadle (landscape architect)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"All existing fabric is described as in very good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.734556-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/7192/47719252/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/94001476.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001476/8c733c978a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001476/8c733c978a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bill Fitzpatrick","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Marys_Episcopal_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Fitzpatrick</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:Saint_Marys_Episcopal_Church.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"89000247","name":"Grove Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/grove-park-historic-district-89000247/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719252","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Asheville,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7590276"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/st-marys-church-94001476/"}