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located at Black Mountain,

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. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings, two contributing sites, seven contributing structures, and four contributing objects associated with a country estate of the 1920s. The main house was built in 1921–1923, and is a four-level, "U"-shaped Tudor country manor house with an oblique wing. It was designed by New York architect Frank E. Wallis, with a large recreation wing containing a ballroom,

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nasium, bowling alley, and indoor swimming pool designed by architect

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. Also on the property are the contributing Caretaker's Cottage (1923), agricultural and service outbuildings, main entrance gates designed by Smith and Carrier (1922), and landscape designed by noted landscape architect

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The property is known as Camp Henry, a camp for young people and the

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offices are located on the estate. It was listed on the

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in 1991.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Tudor Revival architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1923 Houses in Buncombe County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Buncombe County, North Carolina {{BuncombeCountyNC-NRHP-stub