The Montford neighborhood (est 1893) in Asheville is within walking distance to Downtown, Green Life Grocery, the library and many restaraunts. A portion of Montford is on the National Register of Historic Districts. In recent years, Montford has witnessed the restoration of many of their homes and
12 bed and breakfasts.

Montford covers over 300 acres, with over six hundred structures, most built between 1890 and 1920. The neighborhood began in 1889 and was taken over by developer George Willis Pack, a lumber tycoon from the midwest who moved to Asheville in 1885. He is best know as a philanthropist and benefactor of the town’s library and principal public square. He also donated land for Montford Park on the North end of Montford Avenue.

Montford is popularly called a “Victorian” neighborhood, but actually has many architectural styles, with influences from Bruce Price, Bernard Maybeck, Frank Lloyd Wright and English Architect Richard Sharp Smith, supervising architect for the Biltmore House.

There are Greek Revival style, like the Rankin House, Montfords oldest home, Queen Anne style, and many which have gambrel roofs, hipped gables, peppledash or stucco walls, heavy porch brackets indicitive of simple Colonial revival details.

Available homes in Montford

• Size of homes range from 850 to over 8000 square feet
• Price Range from $129,900 - $1,390,000

From the styles mentioned above to Neo-Classical apartment buildings to bungalows, Montford has one of the richest varieties of architectural styles in North Carolina.

- Debbi Briggs, Bourke Group Buyer Consultant

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