Lenox Park Historic District
Also known as: Columbia Park
Why it's listed
Lenox Park Historic District is a compact residential neighborhood southwest of downtown Hendersonville, bounded by Allen Street, Spring Street, the Southern Railway tracks and South Whitted Street. It began as the Columbia Park subdivision in 1908 and was replatted as Lenox Park in 1917. Most of its roughly fifteen acres sit on flat, small lots, with houses along South Whitted Street set on hillsides above stone retaining walls. The district holds 43 contributing resources and 17 noncontributing ones. Housing types include Queen Anne and Four Square houses from about 1908, two-story gable-front houses, sixteen bungalows from 1919 to about 1930, and smaller cottages. Most building took place after the 1917 plat, especially in the early to mid-1920s. A 1915 brick ice and storage company building stands near the railroad. Some larger houses on Dale Street served as boarding houses for summer tourists. The district was listed for its intact collection of early twentieth-century buildings.
Significance in brief: The visible text covers only the description, not the statement of significance. It shows a railroad-side neighborhood developed from 1908, mostly in the early to mid-1920s, with intact Queen Anne, Four Square and bungalow houses plus an ice company building. Its houses, boarding houses and industrial building reflect the area's residential and light industrial growth.
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) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 02001661, listed December 31, 2002. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Roughly bounded by Allen, Spring, and S. Whitted Sts., and Southern RR., Hendersonville |
|---|---|
| County | Henderson County |
| Listed | December 31, 2002 |
| Reference number | 02001661 |
| Resource type | District |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne, Bungalow, Other: Four Square |
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Social History |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Houses are mostly in residential use; the former City Ice & Storage Company building is now used as a warehouse. The district includes six vacant lots. |
| Acreage | 15 |
| Coordinates | 35.31028, -82.46831 (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 02001661.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19875082
- This listing as JSON
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