Apr 26, 1979
National Register of Historic Places - George Mears House
Statement of Significance: The George Mears House at 137 Biltmore Avenue is the finest surviving residential building in downtown Asheville and one of the city's finer Queen Anne style structures. The house was built about 1885 for George A. Mears, an Asheville merchant who was in business between 1870 and 1910 on South Main Street, principally with his Mears Daylight Store, which burned in the 1920s (the building was so named because of its large expanses of glass). Particularly notable is the houses' elaborate slate-shingled mansard roof with prominent gables and gable-roofed dormers with finials. The Mears house is the last relatively-intact remnant of what was once an avenue of upper class residences stretching south from the Patton House. (over)
National Register of Historic Places - George Mears House
Statement of Significance: The George Mears House at 137 Biltmore Avenue is the finest surviving residential building in downtown Asheville and one of the city's finer Queen Anne style structures. The house was built about 1885 for George A. Mears, an Asheville merchant who was in business between 1870 and 1910 on South Main Street, principally with his Mears Daylight Store, which burned in the 1920s (the building was so named because of its large expanses of glass). Particularly notable is the houses' elaborate slate-shingled mansard roof with prominent gables and gable-roofed dormers with finials. The Mears house is the last relatively-intact remnant of what was once an avenue of upper class residences stretching south from the Patton House. (over)
Apr 26, 1979
Posted Date
Aug 23, 2023
Historical Record Date
Apr 26, 1979
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
