Richbourg Motors Building

Richbourg Motors Building
Site of the Richbourg Motors Building, September 2012
Location50 Coxe Ave., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°35′32″N 82°33′17″W / 35.59222°N 82.55472°W / 35.59222; -82.55472
Arealess than one acre
Built1926 (1926)
ArchitectWirth, Albert C.
MPSAsheville Historic and Architectural MRA
NRHP reference No.79001681[1]
Added to NRHPApril 26, 1979

Richbourg Motors Building was a historic auto showroom located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1926, and was a three-story slightly curved building faced in brick. It featured a parapet with brick panels and limestone coping. The building was built for Tench C. Coxe and leased to the Richbourg Motor Company, Asheville's Ford and Lincoln dealer.[2] The building has since been demolished.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ unknown (n.d.). "Richbourg Motors Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.