North Carolina - Transylvania County - Historic Districts
Transylvania County North Carolina (Historic Districts) has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance. Significant places include Biltmore Forest School, Backus, E. M., Lodge, East Main Street Historic District, Galloway, Flem, House and Main Street Historic District.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Transylvania County places including John Flemming Galloway, Henry I. Gaines, Joshua Orr, Erie Stillwell and Robert P. Kilpatrick. Prominent architectural styles found in Transylvania Country are Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival and Early Commercial.

Backus, E. M., Lodge (added 1988 - - #88000689)
Also known as Camp Toxaway;Canaan Land
Cold Mountain Gap Rd. , Lake Toxaway, vicinty
W lemay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Biltmore Forest School (added 1974 - - #74001377)
Also known as Cradle of Forestry in America
NW of Brevard off U.S. 276 in Pisgah National Forest , Brevard
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Conservation, Education, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Education, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Research Facility, Unoccupied Land
Current Function:
Education, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Research Facility, Unoccupied Land
East Main Street Historic District (added 2009 - - #09000638)
249-683 and 768 East Main St.; 6-7 Rice St.; St. Phillip's Ln.; 1-60 Woodside Dr.; and 33 Deacon Ln. , Brevard
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et al., Gaines, Henry I.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Church Related Residence, Hotel, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Hotel, Outdoor Recreation, Professional, Religious Structure, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Galloway, Flem, House (added 1995 - - #95000137)
NC 1388 W side, 2 mi. S of jct. with NC 1129 , Calvert
Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Orr, Joshua, Galloway, John Flemming
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Main Street Historic District (added 2002 - - #02000945)
Roughly bounded by Gaston St., England St., Probart St., and Jordan St. , Brevard
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kilpatrick, Robert P., Stillwell, Erie
Architectural Style:
Early Commercial, Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Department Store, Financial Institution, Fire Station, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Department Store, Financial Institution, Professional, Restaurant
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