Oates House
Contributors:
Dates:
1913
Location:
Asheville, Buncombe County
Street Address:
90 Gertrude Pl., Asheville, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Residential
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (1999).
Note:
The unusually sophisticated house, built of fireproof concrete and stucco, was built for J. Rush and Dora Oates; he was vice-president of the Central Bank, for which Smith had also designed the Legal Building, of reinforced concrete. The postcard shows the Oates House in the upper right corner.