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Buncombe County Courthouse

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architect
  
Milburn, Frank

Built
  
1924 (1924)-1928

Buncombe County Courthouse

Location
  
College and Davidson Sts., Asheville, North Carolina

Architectural style
  
Classical Revival, Skyscraper

MPS
  
North Carolina County Courthouses TR

Buncombe County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Frank Pierce Milburn and built between 1924 and 1928. It a 17-story, steel frame skyscraper sheathed in brick and ashlar veneer. It features complex setbacks and an extravagant overlay of Neo-Classical Revival ornament.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.

References

Buncombe County Courthouse Wikipedia


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