Oct 16, 1986
National Register of Historic Places - Douglas Ellingto n House
Statement of Significance: The Douglas Ellington House, in the Chunnis Cove section of Asheville, North Carolina, was built in 1926 by and for Ellington, one of the state's most prominent architects. Douglas Ellington was born in Clayton, North Carolina in 1886. He was educated at Randolph-Macon College, Drexel Institute, the University of Pennsylvania and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Ellington was a professor of architecture at several northern colleges prior to his arrival in Asheville around 1925. While in Asheville Ellington designed several of the most important buildings built in the city during the boom decade of the 1920s. Particularly important were the 1928 City Hall building and the 1929 S&W Cafeteria building, regarded as perhaps the finest Art Deco building in North Carolina. The Ellington House is a rambling, romantic composition of native materials, evocative of both cottage and castle imagery. Its principal material is local field and river stone, but it also utilizes brick, log, and half-timbering beneath a complex wood-shingle roof. The house is replete with inventive details and "found" materials, some from other Ellington projects. It is arranged in several levels and set into its terraced, hillside site. Ellington's niece, Sallie Middleton, now owns the property and is slowly restoring the house, landscaped grounds, and outbuildings.
National Register of Historic Places - Douglas Ellingto n House
Statement of Significance: The Douglas Ellington House, in the Chunnis Cove section of Asheville, North Carolina, was built in 1926 by and for Ellington, one of the state's most prominent architects. Douglas Ellington was born in Clayton, North Carolina in 1886. He was educated at Randolph-Macon College, Drexel Institute, the University of Pennsylvania and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Ellington was a professor of architecture at several northern colleges prior to his arrival in Asheville around 1925. While in Asheville Ellington designed several of the most important buildings built in the city during the boom decade of the 1920s. Particularly important were the 1928 City Hall building and the 1929 S&W Cafeteria building, regarded as perhaps the finest Art Deco building in North Carolina. The Ellington House is a rambling, romantic composition of native materials, evocative of both cottage and castle imagery. Its principal material is local field and river stone, but it also utilizes brick, log, and half-timbering beneath a complex wood-shingle roof. The house is replete with inventive details and "found" materials, some from other Ellington projects. It is arranged in several levels and set into its terraced, hillside site. Ellington's niece, Sallie Middleton, now owns the property and is slowly restoring the house, landscaped grounds, and outbuildings.
Oct 16, 1986
Posted Date
Aug 23, 2023
Historical Record Date
Oct 16, 1986
Source Name
National Register of Historic Places
