View, S and W Cafeteria, Asheville, North Carolina

S & W Cafeteria (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
View, S and W Cafeteria, Asheville, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Art deco (Architecture)
Cafeterias
Original Format:
Color slide
Item identifier:
buch1006
Photographer:
Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Asheville (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage: A partnership of the North Carolina State University Libraries and Preservation North Carolina to create an online resource for the study of the state’s architectural history. Included are 8,100 measured drawings, photographic prints, and slides, which provide access to documentation on hundreds of buildings and structures in North Carolina dating from the 1700s to the early 1900s.

Source information

Repository:
Preservation North Carolina
Collection:
Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (MC00583) held by Preservation North Carolina
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 Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
RightsStatements.org:
In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0
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)

Architect:
more info on Ellington, Douglas D., 1886-1960 
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:
Asheville (N.C.)
Subjects:
Cafeterias
Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places
Latitude, Longitude:
35.594548, -82.553763