119 Dodge St
Asheville, NC, USA

National Register of Historic Places - Samuel Harrison Reed House (Biltmore Village MRA)

Statement of Significance:

The Samuel Harrison Reed House is significant for its association with Mr. Reed who sold to George W. Vanderbilt and his land agents the property on which Biltmore Village was constructed. In addition, the house is significant as one of the most substantial houses built in the Queen Anne style in the city of Asheville. The house was constructed in 1892 for the senior member of the law firm of Reed and Van Winkle on land that Reed inherited from his father, Joseph Reed. The younger Reed began selling portions of his land to Vanderbilt in 1888 and is believed to have used some of the proceeds from the sale to con- struct the seat of his suburban estate overlooking the village. One deed included 100 acres on the "south side of the Swannanoa River at the Asheville Junction and Hendersonville Road." This 100-acre parcel was to become the site of Biltmore Village. After his death in 1904, Reed's house passed to his son, C. Wingate Reed, and since 1919 has had eight different owners.