William E. Breese Sr. House

William E. Breese Sr. House
William E. Breese Sr. House (Swannanoa Hill Mansion), January 2019
Location674 Biltmore Avenue,
Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°34′23″N 82°32′44″W / 35.57306°N 82.54556°W / 35.57306; -82.54556
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1891 (1891)
ArchitectLeonard, Charles B.
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.80002803[1]
Added to NRHPApril 28, 1980

William E. Breese Sr. House is a historic house located at 674 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Description and history

It was built in 1891 by architect Charles B. Leonard, and is a 2+12-story, rectangular timber-framed dwelling in the Queen Anne style. It features an off-center entrance tower with a steeply pitched pyramidal roof. The building housed a sanatorium, called Sherwood Sanatorium, from around 1927 to 1932. After 1939, the building housed a tourist home known as Cedar Crest.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Michael Southern and John Ager (January 1980). "William E. Breese Sr. House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
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