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Hill St. School--Basement Plan

Hill Street School (Asheville, N.C.)
Richard Sharp Smith Collection (aam_RS)
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Item information

Title:
Hill St. School--Basement Plan
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Basements
School buildings
Original Format:
Microforms
Extent:
13 1/2 x 16
Item identifier:
aam_RS0176_0004
Architect:
Smith and Carrier more info on Smith and Carrier 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Floor plans (architectural drawings)
Location:
Asheville (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

Source information

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.

Building: Hill Street School (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Smith and Carrier 
Architect:
more info on Lord, William H., 1864-1933 
Built:
Street:
125 Hill St.
Community:
Asheville
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
28801
General note:
Although city directories from the late 1910s and 1920s note that the school was located at 81 Hill Street, other sources beginning in the 1950s, list the address as 125 Hill Street. 125 Hill Street is also the modern day address of Asheville's Isaac Dickson Elementary School. It is very possible that the original structure was abandoned at some point between 1919 and the 1950s. Google Maps shows no structure at 81 Hill St.
Location:
Asheville (N.C.)
Subjects:
Historic buildings
Lost architecture
School buildings
Latitude, Longitude:
35.6, -82.57
External Resources:
Asheville City Directory, 1922
Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection: Schools