Rendering
S & W Cafeteria (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Rendering
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Original Format:
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Black and white silver print
- Extent:
- 8 x 10”
- Item identifier:
- aam_DE03300_0006
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Renderings (drawings)
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism
Source information
- Repository:
- Asheville Art Museum
- Collection:
- Douglas Ellington Collection (aam_DE) held by Asheville Art Museum
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from the Asheville Art Museum.
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: S & W Cafeteria (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 56 Patton Ave.
- Community:
- Asheville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28801
- Architectural note:
- The original Art Deco interiors included geometricized Indian and classical motifs. The interiors were lost following a period of building disuse. The structure was renovated in the 1990s.
- Historical note:
- Frank Sherrill and Fred Webber opened their first S&W Cafeteria in Charlotte, NC. The restaurant served Southern-style food at a low cost. The cafeterias opened from Washington, DC to Atlanta, GA. The company shut down in the 1990s. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Cafeterias
Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.594548, -82.553763