Spinning Wheel (Asheville, North Carolina)
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Spinning Wheel is a historic commercial building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1939, and is a one-story, "T" -shaped commercial building with three primary components. It consists of the side-gabled, single-pen log dwelling; a small frame hyphen called the "dog-trot"; and a frame "loom room". A cement block extension was added in 1945. The building was restored in 1998. The Spinning Wheel operated from 1939 to 1948 and provided education, employment, socialization, and a craft market for the traditional weaving women from the mountains around Asheville.[2]
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Spinning Wheel | |
Location | 1096 Hendersonville Rd., Asheville, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°32′7″N 82°31′41″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1939 (1939) |
Built by | Dodge, William Waldo Jr. |
Architectural style | log building |
NRHP reference No. | 99000913[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 28, 1999 |
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]