Ravenscroft School, also known as Chateau Nollman, is a historic school building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. The oldest section was built about 1845, and is a two- to three-story brick building in the Greek Revival style. It consists of a squat, three-story, pyramidal-roofed tower with projecting two-story rectangular wings. The building has a number of later additions including a two-story brick wing and two-story frame wing. It was originally built as a residence, and housed a school from 1856 to the turn of the 20th century. It was used as a boarding or rooming house until 1977.[2][3] The building is currently used as office space.
Ravenscroft School | |
 Ravenscroft School, September 2012 | |
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| Location | 29 Ravenscroft Dr., Asheville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°35′29″N 82°33′15″W / 35.59139°N 82.55417°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1845 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001935[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 1978 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ David Black and Jim Sumner (n.d.). "Ravenscroft School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ Slusser., Dale Wayne (2013). Ravenscroft School in Asheville : a History of the Institution and Its People and Buildings. McFarland. ISBN 1299954219. OCLC 859379458.