Historic Montford Community

Visit the Montford Historic District, a living history of Asheville, North Carolina.

• One of the largest historic districts in the state which includes over 600 historic structures
• See Victorian, Arts and Crafts, Tudor, Georgian and Colonial Revival style houses as well as vernacular architecture

Montford is a snap shot of the period from 1890-1925. It was a trolley suburb for the well to do as well as a small African American population. 

Tempie Avery was given land by her former slave master in 1878 which grew into the close knit Stumptown community destroyed for urban renewal in the 1970s. Today the Tempie Avery Montford Center sits on the very site of Tempie’s house. She is buried in Riverside Cemetery, a Victorian rural garden cemetery within Montford, where her grave looks down on the recreation center. The tour includes a peak into one of the 11 Bed and Breakfast Inns and a walk passed a variety of architecture as well as tales of neighborhood residents and Asheville history.

Call 828-777-1014 or email historyathand@charter.net for schedules and reservations. Adults $30.00, Students $12.00

You can take a self guided tour down Montford Avenue. This is comprised of 7 interpretive history panels mounted on bus shelters along the avenue which include photographs and stories about Montford’s residents, homes and history. The panels are also on this website in the interpretive history panel section.