Proximity Park Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Proximity Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Houses on Edgemont Road
35°36′52″N 82°32′33″W / 35.61444°N 82.54250°W / 35.61444; -82.54250
Area	31 acres (13 ha)
Built	1907 (1907)
Architect	Richard Sharp Smith, et al.
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	08000974^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 8, 2008

Proximity Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 62 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in a predominantly residential section of Asheville. The district was largely developed in early-20th century, and includes representative examples of Colonial Revival, Mission Revival, and Bungalow style dwellings. Located in the district is the separately listed St. Mary's Church (1914) and rectory (1923) designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

Gallery

40 Edgemont Road, 2021
55 Edgemont Road, 2021
Dr. Carl V. Reynolds House, 2021
Golf Club House-C. C. Millard House, 2021
St. Marys Church, 2021

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Helen Purdum and Kathryn Scott (September 2006). "Proximity Park Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.