Zealandia (Asheville, North Carolina)
Zealandia is a historic home located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1908, and is a three-story, "T"-plan, Tudor Revival style dwelling. It features a three-story porte cochere, projecting masses, steep gables, heavy wrought iron entrance gates, and massive chimneys. It was built for Philip S. Henry, an internationally prominent diplomat, scholar and businessman.[2]
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| Location | 40 Vance Gap Rd. Asheville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°35′47″N 82°32′21″W |
| Area | 12.7 acres (5.1 ha) |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000995[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 14, 1977 |
The newer house was the second with that name. John Evans Brown, described "as vigorous an entrepreneurial cowboy as Asheville has ever seen",[3] built the original Zealandia in 1884 on Beaucatcher Mountain. Brown spent most of the 1840s in Asheville before going west in the California Gold Rush. Brown then became a rancher and moved to New Zealand, where he got married and raised sheep. After his wife's death, Brown returned to Asheville and built his house. In 1930, 35 years after Brown's death, Henry bought the house, with several additions made, and turned it into a museum, which has since been torn down.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Susanne Brendel and Betty Betz, Robert Griffin, and Jerry L. Cross (January 1977). "Zealandia" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Rob Neufeld (2019-07-21). "Visiting Our Past: In frontier days, Asheville forged a high culture enclave". Asheville Citizen-Times. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
