Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District
Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District
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Robert E Lee Hall, Blue Ridge Assembly, August 2010
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Location | S of Black Mountain on SR 2720, near Black Mountain, North Carolina |
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Area | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
Built | 1911 | -1912
Architect | Jallade, Louis; et al. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Classical Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 79003327[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 17, 1979 |
Blue Ridge Assembly Historic District is a national historic district located near Black Mountain, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 29 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object associated with the Blue Ridge Assembly, conference center of the Young Men's Christian Association. The main building is Eureka Hall (originally named Robert E. Lee Hall, but renamed in 2015) designed by Louis E. Jallade. It was built in 1911-1912, and is a three-story, seven bay, frame building with a full-height octastyle portico. Also located on the large central courtyard are the Gymnasium (c. 1915), Asheville Hall (1926), Abbott Hall (1927), and College Hall (c. 1928). Other notable buildings include the Martha Washington Residence (c. 1914), Craft and Child Care Center (c. 1925), and 19 frame cottages (1913-1927). Black Mountain College was founded here in 1933 and operated on the site until 1941.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
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- YMCA buildings in the United States
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina
- Buildings and structures in Buncombe County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Buncombe County, North Carolina
- Buncombe County, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs