Von Ruck House

 

Title: Von Ruck House
Alternate Title: The Karl Von Ruck House ; The Albemarle Inn and Earle Chateau ; The Chateau Apartments
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Dr. Reed
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Building Address: 52 Albemarle Place, Asheville, N.C.
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Asheville residence ; Chestnut-Hill National Register Historic District ; treatment or cure of tuberculosis ; tuberculosis vaccine research ;
Subject - LCSH: Asheville (N.C.) -- History
Mountains -- North Carolina
Asheville (N.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Photography (Asheville, N.C.)
Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Asheville (N.C.) -- Architecture
Description: The dwelling consists of three separate but connecting structures, built in 1900, 1912, and 1915.  Interior changes were made circa 1970.  Originally constructed by Dr. Reed 1900.  Purchased by Dr. Karl Von Ruck 1905.  Willed to nephew Dr. Edward Schoenheit 1922-1937. Hotel [The Albemarle Inn and Earle Chateau] 1937-1968.  Purchased by Bruce Pruett and converted to apartments [The Chateau Apartments] 1968 - 1991. Currently owned by John H. and Frances A. Killian and designated as a National Register Historic Site as of Dec. 3, 1991..
Publisher: Ramsey Library Special Collections; National Register of Historic Places.
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Date Building Constructed / Ended: 1900-1915 by Dr. Reed and Dr. Karl Von Ruck
Date Building Destroyed: Extant
Building Type: Three separate but connecting structures -- the first: a  three-story dwelling with porches, the second a two-and-one-half story medical research facility, and the third a two-story music room connecting the other two dwellings.
Architectural Style: Weatherboard, shingle, and pebbledash in the relatively compact late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century residential style dating from Asheville's post-railroad boom period.
Building Current Function: Residence and historic site connected to Karl Von Ruck, the nationally and internationally known pioneer in pulmonary medicine.
Building Historic Function: Residence.
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Format: Typed nomination form and site information report.
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Source of Item: SpecColl
Language: English
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