Blake House, Historic residence in Arden, Buncombe County, United States.
Blake House is a two-story, double-pile stone house built about 1850 in Arden, Buncombe County. Its main block is five bays wide under a hipped roof, and the center-hall interior carries Greek Revival-influenced finishes. A rear ell was added in 1907.
Blake House was built around 1850 as a two-story stone house in the Gothic Revival style, with Greek Revival-influenced interior finishes. A rear ell was added in 1907. It is also known as Newington, Royal Pines and Joseph B. Pyatt House, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
The house carries several names: Newington, Royal Pines and Joseph B. Pyatt House, the last pointing to a former owner. Its stone walls and Gothic Revival outline mark it as unusual for a mid-19th-century Buncombe County farmhouse, where timber was the common material.
Blake House stands at Arden in Buncombe County, North Carolina, at coordinates 35.47440, -82.51690, south of Asheville off the Blue Ridge Parkway corridor. It is a private residence with no public tours, so visitors see the stone exterior and hipped roof from the road. The 1907 rear ell is visible from the side.
The house has carried several names: Newington, Royal Pines and Joseph B. Pyatt House, alongside Blake House. Its rear ell dates to 1907, a later addition to the roughly 1850 main block.
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