Linville Historic District Explained

Linville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:36.0661°N -81.8694°W
Architect:Henry Bacon, et al.
Architecture:Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Shingle Style, Neo-Tudor
Added:March 7, 1979
Refnum:79001659

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Claudia P. Roberts. Linville Historic District. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . n.d. . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.