Ravenscroft School (Asheville, North Carolina)

Historic school building in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place

Ravenscroft School

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Contributing property

Ravenscroft School, September 2012

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Location| 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates| 35°35′29″N 82°33′15″W﻿ / ﻿35.59139°N 82.55417°W﻿ / 35.59139; -82.55417
Area| less than one acre
Built| c. 1845 (1845)
Architectural style| Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.| 78001935[1]
Added to NRHP| December 12, 1978

Ravenscroft School, also known as Chateau Nollman, is a historic school building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The oldest section was built about 1845, and is a two- to three-story brick building in the Greek Revival style. It consists of a squat, three-story, pyramidal-roofed tower with projecting two-story rectangular wings. The building has a number of later additions including a two-story brick wing and two-story frame wing. It was originally built as a residence, and housed a school from 1856 to the turn of the 20th century. It was used as a boarding or rooming house until 1977.[2][3] The building is currently used as office space.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[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. ^ David Black and Jim Sumner (n.d.). "Ravenscroft School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
3. ^ Slusser., Dale Wayne (2013). Ravenscroft School in Asheville : a History of the Institution and Its People and Buildings. McFarland. ISBN 1299954219. OCLC 859379458.

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