Black Mountain Downtown Historic District Explained

Black Mountain Downtown Historic District
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Location:Black Mountain Ave., Sutton Ave., Cherry, Broadway and State Sts., Black Mountain, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.6161°N -82.3206°W
Architect:Smith, Richard Sharp
Architecture:Early Commercial, Moderne, et al.
Added:June 2, 2004
Refnum:04000570

Black Mountain Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 56 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the central business district of Black Mountain. The district includes a variety of late-19th and early-20th century commercial and institutional buildings in the Commercial Style, American Craftsman, Classical Revival, Art Deco and Art Moderne. Notable buildings include the George Stepp House (1907), Black Mountain Depot (1909), firehouse (1921) designed by Richard Sharp Smith, town hall (1927), Kaltman Building (1928), and Pure Oil Service Station (c. 1945).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Susan Robinson . Martha Fullington . Angela Heitter . Jane Reeves . John Toms . amp . Black Mountain Downtown Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . November 2002. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.