Church of the Redeemer (Asheville, North Carolina)


Church of the Redeemer
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1202 Riverside Drive, near Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°37′28″N 82°35′33″W / 35.62444°N 82.59250°W / 35.62444; -82.59250Coordinates: 35°37′28″N 82°35′33″W / 35.62444°N 82.59250°W / 35.62444; -82.59250
Area	0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built	1886 (1886)-1888
Architect	Willis, Dr. Francis
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	85002419^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 19, 1985

Church of the Redeemer is a historic Episcopal church located near Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1886-1888, and is a native stone cruciform chapel in the Romanesque style. It measures 50 feet long and has a steeply pitched slate gable roof. It features stained glass in round-arch windows—including a Tiffany window signed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Also on the property is a contributing cemetery. It was built by Dr. Francis Willis, a British physician, who built the private chapel on his 100-acre estate.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Doug Swaim and Jerry Cross (January 1985). "Church of the Redeemer" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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