Biltmore Industries, Inc. | |
 Biltmore Industries, Inc., August 2012 | |
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| Location | Grovewood Rd., Asheville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°34′3″N 82°32′34″W / 35.56750°N 82.54278°W |
| Area | 11.5 acres (4.7 ha) |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architect | Seeley, Fred L. |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002802[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 1, 1980 |
Biltmore Industries, Inc., also known as Biltmore Homespun Shops, is a historic industrial complex located adjacent to the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina, now known as Grovewood Village. Biltmore Industries was started by Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale, missionaries who moved to Asheville, NC in 1901.[2] The complex of seven buildings were built about 1917 by Fred Loring Seely, and are constructed of hollow ceramic tile with stuccoed exterior wall surfaces. The buildings are The Eleanor Vance Building (1917), Charlotte Yale Building (1917), Carding and Spinning Building (1917), (Former) Weavers' Building (now Antique Car Museum) (1923), Boiler House (1917), Gatehouse (former Woodworking Building), and Guardhouse (1917). The complex produced high-quality crafts and fine hand-woven wool cloth.[3] The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Biltmore Industries | NCpedia". www.ncpedia.org. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
- ^ Susanne Brendel-Pandich and Michael Southern (November 1979). "Biltmore Industries, Inc" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.[permanent dead link]