Welcome to Montford!
Whether you are a visitor, new to the neighborhood or a longstanding resident, Montford
is a great place to be.
A Brief History:
Montford is a neighborhood in Asheville, North Carolina. A portion of
Montford is a National Register Historic District, the first of three local historic
districts to come under the jurisdiction of the Historic Resources Commission (HRC) of
Asheville and Buncombe County (see the Asheville city link for more information
and guidelines). Montford Hills is an adjacent neighborhood which is outside the
jurisdiction of the HRC. Recent years in Montford have witnessed the renovation
of many of the neighborhood's residences by individual families and a myriad of
industrious bed and breakfast owners who have helped to restore the district to
its former splendor.
Located in Buncombe County (founded in 1792), the town of Asheville,
North Carolina was incorporated in 1797. However, until the arrival of the railroad
in 1880, Asheville was little more than an isolated mountain village, a small trading
center and occasional vacation spot for a few summer visitors. When rails overcame
the barrier of the Blue Ridge, a boom began that was to continue almost uninterrupted
for five decades.
The neighborhood that permanently expresses the diversity of this era is Montford.
This sprawling, homogeneous neighborhood of about three hundred acres retains over
six hundred structures representing a rich diversity of architectural styles, most
constructed between 1890 and 1920 during Asheville's emergence as the greatest city
of the Southern Appalachians. The adjacent area know as Montford Hills was dubbed
a suburb of Montford and built primarily in the 1920s.
The residents of Montford welcome you. It's the people here, through all their efforts,
that make this neighborhood a great place.
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