Ravenscroft School (Asheville, North Carolina)

Ravenscroft School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Ravenscroft School, September 2012
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Location	29 Ravenscroft Dr., Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°35′29″N 82°33′15″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1845 (1845)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	78001935[1]
Added to NRHP	December 12, 1978

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.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. 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.
3. Slusser., Dale Wayne (2013). Ravenscroft School in Asheville : a History of the Institution and Its People and Buildings. McFarland. ISBN 1299954219. OCLC 859379458.