Majestic Montford, Asheville Neighborhood, Asheville North Carolina

Ten Great Asheville Neighborhoods

1. Montford - Classic early 1900 homes with several Bed&Breakfast Inns in the larger homes. 2. Grove Park - Many homes surround the Grove Park Inn and Country Club 3. Kenilworth - Very close to downtown and affordable, starting around $200,000 4. Downtown - Condos, Condos, Condos, Restaurants and entertainment 5. Royal Pines - South Asheville's established neighborhood of homes at great value. 6. Oak Forest - Very near the Roberson district schools of Glen Arden, Valley Springs, and TC Roberson. 7. Lakeview Park - Including the North Merrimon Avenue areas of Beaver Lake and Asheville C.C. 8. Oakley - Convenient to Biltmore and Asheville. 9. Haw Creek - More of a suburban feel. 10. Beverly Hills - Charming community that surrounds the Buncombe County Golf Course. www.realtywnc.com

In December 1980, the Montford Historic District was designated a local historic district by the Asheville City Council, recognizing the area’s historic character and highlighting confidence in the future of the area. The Montford Historic District is a late nineteenth and early twentieth-century residential neighborhood, chartered in 1889. Only a few contemporary houses have been added in recent years, leaving a largely homogeneous neighborhood. Most of the district is heavily wooded and draped over an irregular saddle of land from one thousand to two thousand feet wide. The Montford neighborhood lies along a low ridge, which extends from downtown Asheville to the northeast. The vast majority of the 600+ buildings in the district are domestic, but there is a remarkable range of sizes, shapes, and styles that gives the neighborhood its varied and lively character.  Riverside Cemetery, where Thomas Wolfe is buried, is within the Montford Historic District.