Linville Historic District is a historic

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campus and national

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located at Linville,

Avery County, North Carolina Avery County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,806. The county seat is Newland. The county seat was initially established in Elk Park when the county was first formed, but wa ...

. It encompasses 96 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in the historic core of Linville. The buildings date between about 1892 and 1940, and include shingle-or chestnut bark-covered resort buildings and the second generation of houses flanking the first and eighteenth fairways of the

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. Notable buildings include the Hemlock Cottage, Dormiecroft, "Honeymoon" Cottage, Presbyterian Church, The Studio, the VanLandingham House, and All Saints Episcopal Church. It was listed on the

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in 1979.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Avery County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Avery County, North Carolina {{AveryCountyNC-NRHP-stub