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Buncombe County Boys' Training School

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Built
  
1927 (1927)-1928

Area
  
1 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
97001197

Added to NRHP
  
30 September 1997

Buncombe County Boys' Training School

Location
  
177 Erwin Hills Rd., near Asheville, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Tudor Revival architecture

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Buncombe County Boys' Training School is a historic school building located near Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1927-1928, and is a two-story, granite and brick main building in the Tudor Revival style. It consists of three principal sections with a two-story, rear ell containing the kitchen and other service areas. The school was permanently closed in 1945, and the building was reopened in 1947 as the new County Home for the Aged. Since 1983, the building has housed an Army National Guard training center. The building was renovated around 2006 and today, houses Buncombe County's Emergency Services and Operations Center It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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Buncombe County Boys' Training School Wikipedia


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