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Town in North Carolina, United States
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Waynesville is a city of 10,000 people (2019) in the Mountain Region of western North Carolina. It grew as an agricultural, lumber and railroad hub, and is home to many historical buildings.
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It was built about 1883, and is a 2½-story, Late Victorian style frame dwelling.
A two-story, brick and marble front rectangular building in the Classical Revival style
A functioning Grist Mill that was built in 1887. It is a 1½-story, heavy timber frame mill building sheathed in board-and-batten siding.
It includes Early Commercial architecture and Romanesque architecture. The buildings are predominantly one- and two-story brick or frame buildings dating from the first three decades of the 20th century. Notable buildings include the C.G. Logan Auto Company (c. 1915), the Medford Furniture Company (1912), the T.N. Massie & Son building (c. 1900), and the North Carolina National Guard Armory (1936).
It was built in 1932, and is a three-story, ashlar stone veneered rectangular building in the Classical Revival style.
It was built about 1905, and is a 2½-story, Shingle Style frame dwelling.
It is a three-story, Classical Revival style steel frame and brick building. The Three Seven is now a meeting and venue space
It was built in 1901–1902, and is a 2½-story, transitional Queen Anne/Colonial Revival style frame dwelling.
It was built in 1901–1902, and is a 2½-story, Colonial Revival style frame dwelling with Queen Anne style design elements.
The Evergreens
It was built in 1926, and is a 1 1/2-story, "H"-shaped, eclectic frame dwelling with Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival style design elements.
It includes 67 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Waynesville developed between about 1895 and 1958. It includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow/American Craftsman style architecture. Notable buildings include Waynesville Presbyterian Church (c. 1907) and two late-1920s apartment buildings.
Former US Post Office Building
The Waynesville Municipal Building is a historic post office building built in 1917. It is a two-story, brick rectangular building in the Classical Revival style with a one-story rear extension.
The home is a large 3½-story brick dwelling retaining a lot of the woodwork, large carved fireplaces, and grand staircase with Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style design elements.
It includes 35 contributing buildings in the central business district of Waynesville. It includes notable examples of Classical Revival style architecture.
Waynesville is connected to Interstate 40 and the rest of southwestern North Carolina via the Great Smoky Mountains Expressway, providing easy access from Knoxville and Asheville.
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