Church of the Redeemer

1202 Riverside Dr., Asheville, North Carolina. County/parish: Buncombe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 19, 1985. NRIS 85002419.

1 contributing building. 1 contributing site.

From Wikipedia:

Church of the Redeemer (Asheville, North Carolina)

Church of the Redeemer is a historic Episcopal church located in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1886–1888, and is a native stone cruciform chapel in the Romanesque style. It measures 50 feet long and has a steeply pitched slate gable roof. It features stained glass in round-arch windows—including a Tiffany window signed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Also on the property is a contributing cemetery. It was built by Dr. Francis Willis, a British physician, who built the private chapel on his 100-acre estate.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719246