Built by Merchant, Luther L. NRHP Reference # 91001505 Year built 1923 | Area 5 ha Added to NRHP 24 October 1991 | |
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Architect Wood, Waddy B.; Beadle, Chauncey Delos; Dennis, Lola Anderson Address Vanderbilt Rd, Bilt Forest, NC 28803, USA | ||
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Gunston Hall, also known as Franklin Hall, is a historic estate and a national historic district located at Biltmore Forest, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses five contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures. The main house was designed by noted architect Waddy Butler Wood and built in 1923. It is a five-part Colonial Revival style dwelling consisting of a 1 1/2-story main block flanked by hyphens and 1 1/2-story wings. The grounds were designed by noted landscape architects Chauncey Beadle and Lola Anderson Dennis. Other contributing elements are the Grounds and Garden (1920-c. 1955), the Breezeway (c. 1950), Gazebo (c. 1955), Tool Shed/Potting Shed (c. 1951), Greenhouse (c. 1954), Garden Shed (c. 1951), and Entrance Piers and Gates (1923). The estate was built by Dr. William Beverley Mason, a great-great grandson of George Mason, who built Gunston Hall (1759).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.