Saturday Feb. 22nd & Sunday Feb. 23rd

2025

Join us for our Annual Historic Home Tour in the Chestnut Hill Historic District in February 2025! We are excited to offer 5 charming homes on North Liberty Street this year. Our Home Tour is in conjunction with the 38th Annual National Arts and Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn.

Chestnut Hill is a relatively compact late-19th century and early-20th century residential neighborhood that was once an extension of the residential streets that began north of downtown Asheville. Most of the houses in the neighborhood were built after the 1880s when rail transportation opened Asheville to tourists and investors. Almost all of the 200 buildings within the neighborhood were originally dwellings. Architecturally the houses range from the local in-town vernacular to nationally popular architectural styles, like Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Shingle Style. At least two locally-important architects worked in the neighborhood – J. A. Tennent and Richard Sharp Smith. The houses range in size, but many of the finer residences housed state and national figures. Besides a continuous growth in permanent residents, Asheville during this time experienced annual infusions of thousands of tourists. Records indicate that a number of Chestnut Hill “cottages” were built as high-quality rental properties to accommodate the visitors.

Tickets are $50 – On sale now!