Proximity Park Historic District
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Proximity Park sits on the slope of Sunset Mountain about two miles north of downtown Asheville. Its streets were laid out in 1907 by the Proximity Park Company on land that had been a nine-hole golf course, and lots were arranged on a tight grid so that residents could walk to nearby trolley stops. The district holds houses built mainly between about 1905 and 1930, including English-derived Craftsman bungalows associated with architect Richard Sharp Smith, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Dutch Colonial Revival houses. St. Mary's Church, a Gothic Revival building at 337 Charlotte Street, and its Period Cottage rectory, both designed by Smith, anchor the institutional side of the district. Its significance rests on its role as an early streetcar suburb in Asheville and on the range of domestic and religious architecture it preserves from the early twentieth century.
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| Period of significance | Ca. 1900 - 1930 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Craftsman/Bungalow; Colonial Revival; Spanish Colonial Revival; Tudor Revival; Gothic Revival; Italian Renaissance Revival; Classical Revival; Arts and Crafts; Period Cottage; Dutch Colonial Revival; Georgian Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Community Planning and Development |
| Acreage | 31 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Proximity Park Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.