Grove Detail on Entrance, Grove Arcade
Grove Arcade (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Grove Detail on Entrance, Grove Arcade
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Arches
Commercial buildings
Mercantile buildings
Sculpture
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- ncar_N_74_3_1060
- Photographer:
- Sullengro, Greer more info on Sullengro, Greer
- Architect:
- Parker, Charles N., 1885-1961 more info on Parker, Charles N., 1885-1961
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Beaux Arts to Modernism
Source information
- Repository:
- State Archives of North Carolina
- Collection:
- Division of Archives and History Photograph Collection (State Archives of North Carolina Collection 4.1) held by State Archives of 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 the North Carolina State Archives.
- 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: Grove Arcade (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Street:
- 1 Page Avenue
- Community:
- Asheville
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28801
- Provenance note:
- E. W. Grove, first owner; Walter Taylor and Associates, second owner.
- Architectural note:
- The structure was initially intended as a skyscraper, and the use of ivory-glazed terra-cotta and decorative griffins lend the structure a unique appearance. The structure's molded panels include an image of the architect, Charles N. Parker.
- Historical note:
- The arcade is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was occupied by the federal government in 1942.
- Location:
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Asheville (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Commercial buildings
Historic buildings
National Register of Historic Places
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.595203, -82.555895
- External Resources:
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Grove Arcade: History