Cottage - No. 3--Side & Front First & Second Floor Plan

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Title:: Cottage - No. 3--Side & Front First & Second Floor Plan
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Cottages
Original Format:: Microforms
Extent:: 12 1/2 x 13
Item identifier:: aam_RS0080_0001
Architect:: Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924 more info on Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924
Genre:: Architectural drawings
Elevations (architectural drawings)
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
Location:: Biltmore (Asheville, N.C.)
Digital Project:: Beaux Arts to Modernism

Repository:: Asheville Art Museum
Collection:: Richard Sharp Smith Collection (aam_RS) 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.

Architect:: Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924 more info on Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924
Builder:: Westall, J. M. (James M.), 1861-1943 more info on Westall, J. M. (James M.), 1861-1943
Architect:: Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895 more info on Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895
Architect:: Hunt, Richard Howland more info on Hunt, Richard Howland
Architect:: Smith and Carrier more info on Smith and Carrier
Landscape architect:: Olmstead, Frederick Law, Sr. more info on Olmstead, Frederick Law, Sr.

Provenance note:: The village previously existed as Best, or Asheville Junction, until George Vanderbilt bought the town and created a planned village for workers at his estate.
Architectural note:: Many of the structures in the village have Tudoresque elements or follow Colonial Revival architectural styles.
Historical note:: The village included residential structures, All Souls Cathedral, the railroad depot, and estate offices, as well as a post office, hospital, and shops. The village was sold soon after Vanderbilt's death in 1914.
Location:: Biltmore (Asheville, N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Historic sites
National Register of Historic Places
Village communities
Latitude, Longitude:: 35.532827, -82.528025