West Asheville-Aycock School Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Why it's listed
Along both sides of Haywood Road in West Asheville, Buncombe County, a cluster of one- and two-story brick commercial and civic buildings dates from about 1915 to 1936. The district grew up around the intersection with Westwood Place and Richmond Avenue, once the terminus of a streetcar line that ran from Asheville's Depot Street area from 1911 until service ended in 1934. Its contributing buildings include the Buckner Building, built about 1924 for J. H. and Anna Buckner, and the McGeachy Filling Station, a streamlined Art Deco station from about 1936. The Charles B. Aycock School, a 1953 building designed by Six Associates, Inc., occupies a large tract northwest of the commercial core. The district is significant for its role in the commercial and civic growth of West Asheville, and for its typical early twentieth-century commercial architecture and methods of construction.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the district is a cohesive collection of early twentieth-century commercial and civic buildings that formed the core of West Asheville's development along the Haywood Road corridor and its streetcar line. It also argues the buildings represent typical commercial architecture of the period, and it is locally significant under Criteria A and C in commerce, community planning and development, education, and architecture.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF). NRHP reference 14000544, listed September 3, 2014. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 444 Haywood Rd., Asheville |
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| County | Buncombe County |
| Listed | September 3, 2014 |
| Reference number | 14000544 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | Ca. 1915 - 1956 |
| Architect / builder | Six Associates, Inc. - architect |
| Architectural style | Commercial Style, Classical Revival, Mission, Art Deco, Modern Movement |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Commerce, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Acreage | 0.5 |
| Within district | West Asheville-Aycock School Historic District |
| Coordinates | 35.57787, -82.58134 (NPS GIS) |
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.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 14000544.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives)
- This listing as JSON
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