Linville Historic District

Linville Historic District
Location U.S. 221, Linville, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°3′58″N 81°52′10″W / 36.06611°N 81.86944°W / 36.06611; -81.86944Coordinates: 36°3′58″N 81°52′10″W / 36.06611°N 81.86944°W / 36.06611; -81.86944
Area 140 acres (57 ha)
Built 1892 (1892)
Architect Bacon, Henry; Et al.
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Shingle Style, Neo-Tudor
NRHP Reference # 79001659[1]
Added to NRHP March 7, 1979

Linville Historic District is a historic school campus and national historic district located at Linville, Avery County, North Carolina. It encompasses 96 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in the historic core of Linville. The buildings date between about 1892 and 1940, and include shingle-or chestnut bark-covered resort buildings and the second generation of houses flanking the first and eighteenth fairways of the golf course. Notable buildings include the Hemlock Cottage, Dormiecroft, "Honeymoon" Cottage, Presbyterian Church, The Studio, the VanLandingham House, and All Saints Episcopal Church.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Claudia P. Roberts (n.d.). "Linville Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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