Church of the Redeemer (Asheville, North Carolina) explained

Church of the Redeemer
Location:1202 Riverside Drive, Woodfin, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.6244°N -82.5925°W
Built:-1888
Architect:Willis, Dr. Francis
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:September 19, 1985
Refnum:85002419
Website:https://churchoftheredeemer-episcopal.com/

Church of the Redeemer is a historic Episcopal church located in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1886–1888, and is a native stone cruciform chapel in the Romanesque style. It measures 50 feet long and has a steeply pitched slate gable roof. It features stained glass in round-arch windows—including a Tiffany window signed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Also on the property is a contributing cemetery. It was built by Dr. Francis Willis, a British physician, who built the private chapel on his 100-acre estate.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Doug Swaim and Jerry Cross. Church of the Redeemer. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January 1985 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.