William E. Breese Sr. House

William E. Breese Sr. House

William E. Breese Sr. House, September 2012
Location 674 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°34′23″N 82°32′44″W / 35.57306°N 82.54556°W / 35.57306; -82.54556Coordinates: 35°34′23″N 82°32′44″W / 35.57306°N 82.54556°W / 35.57306; -82.54556
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1891 (1891)
Architect Leonard, Charles B.
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 80002803[1]
Added to NRHP April 28, 1980

William E. Breese Sr. House is a historic home located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1891, and is a 2 1/2-story, rectangular frame 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 in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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 2014-08-01.


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