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APPENDIX 7-E. HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
Appendix 7-E Historic District Boundaries:
1.   Montford Historic District
BEGINNING at a point on the northeast corner of the junction of Cherry and Flint Streets; thence north along the east side of Flint Street approximately 200 feet; thence approximately east to a point on the east side of Rankin Avenue approximately 125 feet south of the junction of Starnes and Rankin Avenues; thence continuing east approximately 175 feet to a point in the block bounded by Rankin Avenue, Cherry Street, Starnes Avenue, and Broadway; thence north to a point on the north side of Starnes Avenue midway between Rankin Avenue and Broadway; thence west approximately 100 feet to a point on the north side of Starnes Avenue; thence north to the north side of Elizabeth Street taking in all structures on the east side of Rankin Avenue; thence west approximately 125 feet to a point on the north side of Elizabeth Street; thence north bisecting the block bounded by Woodlawn Avenue, Rankin Avenue, West Chestnut Street, and Elizabeth Street taking in all the houses on the north side of Elizabeth Street west of Rankin Avenue and the east side of Woodlawn Avenue; thence west approximately 50 feet to a point on the north side of West Chestnut Street; thence north along an unnamed alley to a point on the north side of Magnolia Street; thence west along the north side of Magnolia Street to the point on the northeast corner of the junction of Magnolia and Flint Streets; thence north along the east side of Flint Street to a point on the north side of Ocala Street; thence north and east in a curve taking in all houses on the east side of Ocala Street, the Greek Community Center property, and the houses on the west and north sides of Cumberland Circle and Cumberland Avenue to a point on the north side of Catawba Street approximately 100 feet from the junction of Cumberland Avenue and Catawba Street; thence west approximately 100 feet to the northeast corner of the junction of Catawba Street and Cumberland Avenue; thence along the east and north sides of Cumberland Avenue in a curve to the point on the east side of Zillicoa Street at the junction with the line marking the point of elevation 2,100 feet; thence to the north, west and south along the 2,100 feet line to a point on the east side of Montford Avenue approximately 300 feet north of the junction of Montford Avenue and Zillicoa Street; thence north along the east side of Montford Avenue to the point on the northeast corner of the junction of Montford Avenue and Santee Street; thence west along the north side of Santee Street to the point on the northwest side of the junction of Santee Street and Pearson Drive; thence south along the west side of Pearson Drive approximately 800 feet; thence west approximately 300 feet; thence south to a point approximately 200 feet west of the junction of Tacoma Street and Pearson Drive; thence south and east in a curve to a point approximately 100 feet north of Hawthorne Road and 125 feet west of Rosewood Avenue; thence south approximately 600 feet to the Riverside Cemetery property line; thence west, south and east in an irregular line following the property line for Riverside Cemetery to a point approximately 100 feet south of Birch Street; thence east and south in a curve to a point approximately 200 feet west of the junction of Courtland Avenue and Pearson Drive taking in all structures on the south side of Birch Street and the west side of Pearson Drive; thence east approximately 225 feet to a point at the west side of the junction of Courtland Avenue and Courtland Avenue Extended; thence south, east and north in a curve around Arborvale Avenue including all structures on the south, east and north sides of Arborvale Avenue, to a point approximately 150 feet south of Courtland Avenue; thence east to the east side of an unnamed alley behind the William Randolph School to include all structures on the south side of Courtland Avenue; thence in a curve around the William Randolph School following the property line to a point approximately 150 feet west of Montford Avenue; thence south to a point on the south side of Hill Street including all structures on the west side of Montford Avenue; thence approximately 150 feet east to the junction of Hill Street and Montford Avenue; thence approximately 150 feet east to the junction of Cherry Street and Montford Avenue; thence along the south side of Cherry Street to the point of beginning.
Including a parcel with boundaries described as follows:
BEGINNING at a stake in the intersection of the southern margin of Courtland Avenue with the western margin of Pisgah Avenue, and runs with the western margin of Pisgah Avenue south 37 Degrees 8 minutes west 50 feet to a stake in he western margin of Pisgah Avenue; thence north 64 Degrees and 40 minutes west 136.7 feet to a stake in the southeastern margin of Long Street; thence with said margin of Long Street north 42 Degrees 11 minutes east 50 feet to a stake in the southern margin of Courtland Avenue; thence south 69 Degrees 48 minutes east with the southern margin of Courtland Avenue 132.45 feet to the beginning, being Lot No. 1 of Block "D" of the plat of lands of Arborvale Park, made by F. J. Fanning(,), Civil Engineer.
Further, all properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Montford Historic District which lie within the above described boundaries shall also be included in the Local Montford Historic District.
2.   Biltmore Village Historic District
All lot references herein are to Ward 7, Sheet 2 of the Buncombe County tax maps, unless otherwise indicated, and are identified on maps kept on file in the City of Asheville Planning Department. The lots will be further identified by the lot number for the Buncombe County tax maps of the ward and sheet.
BEGINNING at the extreme southwest corner of Lot 45, being the northeast corner of the intersection of the department of transportation right-of-way for Hendersonville Road and Lula Avenue; thence in an easterly and southeasterly direction along the northern boundary of Lula Avenue to the extreme southeastern corner of Lot 46-1/4; thence traversing Reed Street in a southeasterly direction to the extreme southwestern corner of Sheet 3, Lot 60; thence northerly along the eastern margin of Reed Street, traversing Warren Avenue, to the southwestern corner of Lot 100-1/4; thence southeasterly approximately 60 feet along the southern boundary of lot 100-1/4 to the southeastern corner of lot 100-1/4 thence southeasterly approximately 163 feet along the southern boundary of Lot 100 to the northeastern corner of Lot 101; thence southerly approximately 124 feet to the southeastern corner of Lot 101; thence easterly approximately 190 feet along the southern boundary of Lot 100 to the southeastern corner of Lot 100; thence northerly approximately 99 feet to the northeastern corner of Lot 100; thence northeasterly traversing Brook Street to the extreme southeastern corner of Sheet 30, Lot 260; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of Sheet 30, Lot 260 to the extreme northeastern corner of sheet 30, lot 260; thence northeasterly traversing Fairview Road to the extreme northeastern corner of Lot 109; thence northwesterly approximately 415.5 feet along the northern boundary of Lot 109 to the northwestern corner of Lot 109; thence northwesterly, traversing an unnamed alley, to the northeastern corner of Lot 115; thence northwesterly along the northern boundaries of Lots 115, 113-1/2, 117, 118, 119-1/4, 119, 129 and 129-1/2 to the northwestern corner of Lot 129-1/2; thence northwesterly traversing Hendersonville Road to the extreme northeastern corner of Lot 2-3/4; thence northwesterly along the northern boundary of Lot 2-3/4 to the extreme northwestern corner of Lot 2-3/4 at the intersection of Lot 2-3/4 with the southern boundary of the Swannanoa River; thence southwesterly following the southern boundary of the Swannanoa River to the extreme southwestern corner of Lot 2-3/4; thence southwesterly, traversing an unnamed alley, to the northwestern corner of Lot 254; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Lot 254 to the intersection of Lot 254 with the McDowell Street Viaduct; thence southeasterly along the western boundary of the McDowell Street Viaduct to a point where the McDowell Street Viaduct, Lodge Street and All Souls Crescent intersect on the southern boundary of Lot 254; thence southerly, traversing Lodge Street, to the northeast corner of Lot 14- 1/2; thence westerly approximately 50 feet to the extreme northwestern corner of Lot 14-1/2; thence southerly approximately 100 feet to a common corner of Lots 14-1/2 and 11; thence westerly approximately 50 feet to another common corner of Lots 14-1/2 and 11; thence southwesterly approximately 60.48 feet to another common corner of Lots 14-1/2 and 11, being the extreme southeastern corner of Lot 11; thence southerly approximately 822 feet along the eastern boundary of the town limits of the Town of Biltmore Forest and the western boundary of Lots 14-1/2, 32, 34, 36, 271, 40, and 42, to the southwestern corner of Lot 42; thence, continuing southerly along the western boundary of Ward 7, Sheet 3, Lot 86 to its intersection with Vanderbilt Road; thence northeasterly along the common boundary of Ward 7, Sheet 3, Lot 86 and Vanderbilt Road; thence southeasterly, traversing Hendersonville Road, to the extreme southwestern corner of Lot 49; thence easterly to the northwestern corner of Lot 45; thence southerly approximately 123.5 feet to the southwestern corner of Lot 45, the point and place of beginning.
3.   Albemarle Park
All lot references hereinafter are to Sheet 15 of Ward 2 of the Buncombe County tax maps, unless otherwise identified, and are shown on maps kept on file in the City of Asheville Planning Department.
BEGINNING at the intersection of Charlotte Street and the northern fork of Cherokee Road and being the southwestern most corner of Lot 98 and running thence northerly along the eastern margin of Charlotte Street to the northwestern corner of said Lot 98; thence easterly and northeasterly approximately 608.5 feet along the northern boundaries of Lots 98, Lot 97 and Lot 96 to the northwestern corner of Lot 31-1/2; thence northeasterly and southeasterly approximately 401.55 feet along the northern boundaries of Lots 31-1/2 and Lot 68 and along the southern margin of Canterbury Road to the northeastern boundary of Lot 68; thence crossing Canterbury Road to the northwestern most corner of Lot 101; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Lot 101 to its northeastern corner; thence southerly approximately 33 feet to the intersection of a point on the eastern boundary of said Lot 101 with the northwestern most corner of Lot 52; thence easterly to the northeastern corner of Lot 48; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of said Lot 48 and the western margin of Sunset Drive approximately 168.8 feet to the intersection of Sunset Drive and Cherokee Road at the southeastern corner of said Lot 48; thence southwesterly crossing Cherokee Road to the northeastern most corner of Lot 45; thence along the western margin of Sunset Drive and along the eastern boundaries of Lots 45, 44, 42, and 41 and continuing along the western margin of Sunset Drive to its intersecting with a point in the southern boundary of Lot 39; thence along the southern boundary of lot 39 approximately 75.5 feet to its southwestern corner; thence westerly approximately 386.2 feet along the southern boundaries of Lots 38, 37, 36 and 35-1/4 to the southwestern corner of Lot 35-1/4; thence westerly approximately 544.93 feet along the southern boundaries of Lots 34, 33, 32, 78, 79 and 82 to a point in the southern boundary of Lot 82 which is the northeastern corner of Lot 80; thence southerly approximately 80.7 feet to the southeastern corner of Lot 80; thence westerly approximately 166 feet to the southwestern corner of Lot 77; thence crossing Orchard Road to the southeastern most corner of Lot 93; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Lots 93, 92 and 94 to the northeastern corner of Lot 72; thence westerly along the northern boundary of Lot 72 to its northwestern corner which is also the southwestern corner of Lot 71; thence northerly along the western boundary of Lot 71 to its northwestern corner; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Lot 71 to its northeastern corner; thence northeasterly traversing Hillside Walk to the southeastern corner of lot 91; thence along the eastern boundary of lot 91 to its northeastern corner; thence westerly along the northern boundary of lot 91 to its northwestern corner; thence northerly along the western boundary of lot 70 to its northwestern corner; thence easterly along the northern boundary of lot 70 to its northeastern corner; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of lot 70 to the intersection of said eastern boundary with the western margin for Orchard Road; thence northeasterly along the western margin for Orchard Road to its intersection with Cherokee Road; thence northwesterly along the southern margin for Cherokee Road and southwesterly along the southern margin of the southern fork of Cherokee Road to its intersection with the eastern margin of Charlotte Street; thence northerly along the eastern margin of Charlotte Street, running along the western boundary of lot 121 and along the terminus of the northern fork of Cherokee Road to the point and place of beginning. This description includes all of the property shown on the plats recorded in Plat Book 198 at pages 178 and 178B and in Plat Book 154 at pages 104B (#2) and 104C (#3) of the Buncombe County Registry, save and excepting therefrom those parcels identified as "Public Garage," "Fir Tree," "Locust," "Rose Bank" and "Club," all shown on the Buncombe County tax maps as lots 73, 72, 91 and 99 of sheet 15 and lot 86-1/2 and a portion of lot 84 of Sheet 16, but specifically including extensions of those lots identified as "Manzanita" and "30" as shown on the above-referenced plats, with said extensions specifically shown on that plat recorded in Plat Book 19 at page 67 of the Buncombe County Registry.