Buncombe County Courthouse

United States historic place

Buncombe County Courthouse

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

Buncombe County Courthouse, January 2019

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Location| College and Davidson Sts., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates| 35°35′45″N 82°32′55″W﻿ / ﻿35.59583°N 82.54861°W﻿ / 35.59583; -82.54861
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1924 (1924)-1928
Architect| Milburn, Frank
Architectural style| Classical Revival, Skyscraper
MPS| North Carolina County Courthouses TR
NRHP reference No.| 79001674[1]
Added to NRHP| May 10, 1979
Buncombe County Courthouse & Asheville City Hall, 2012

Buncombe County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn and built between 1924 and 1928. It is a 17-story, steel frame skyscraper sheathed in brick and ashlar veneer. It features complex setbacks and an extravagant overlay of Neo-Classical Revival ornament.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1] It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Mary Ann Lee and Joe Mobley (n.d.). "North Carolina County Courthouses TR: Buncombe County Courthouse" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

## External links

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* Media related to Buncombe County Courthouse at Wikimedia Commons

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