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Cottage for S.G. Bernard - Chestnut St.--First Floor Plan

Silas G. Bernard Cottage, Chestnut Street (Asheville, N.C.)
Richard Sharp Smith Collection (aam_RS)
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Item information

Title:
Cottage for S.G. Bernard - Chestnut St.--First Floor Plan
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Cottages
Original Format:
Microforms
Extent:
18 1/4 x 14 7/16
Item identifier:
aam_RS0305_0005
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: Bernard, Silas G. Cottage, Chestnut Street (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Smith, Richard Sharp, 1852-1924 
Contractor:
more info on Tennent, James A. (James Albert), 1842-1916 
Street:
217 Chestnut St.
Community:
Asheville
State:
North Carolina
Zip:
28801
Provenance note:
Silas G. Bernard was Chief of Police and secretary of Blue Ridge Development Company.
Architectural note:
Respected architects R. S. Smith and J. A. Tennent contributed designs for many of the buildings.
Historical note:
This is a contributing resource in the Chestnut Hill Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places. The Chestnut Hill Historic District is a compact late 19th- and early 20th-century residential neighborhood that began as the outskirts of Asheville. The construction and population growth brought on by the railroad fostered the development of Chestnut Hill into a fine housing district. Far from being a neighborhood inhabited only by the wealthy, a variety of housing was built and servants and laborers resided here as well as businessmen, lawyers, teachers and other professionals. East Chestnut Street is a busy, tree-lined cross street bisecting the district, lined with large houses that represent the aray of nationally popular architectural styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Location:
Asheville (N.C.)
Subjects:
Cottages
Historic buildings
Houses
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:
35.6, -82.55
External Resources:
National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary, Asheville: Chestnut Hill Historic District
Asheville City Directory, 1906