Grove Park Sustainable Neighborhood –National Historic in Asheville
Asheville Real Estate Journal

____Points of Interest: One of the most intriguing neighborhoods in Asheville, NC, isGrove Park. This neighborhood , within easy walking distance of downtown Asheville, bakeries, coffee shops and restaurants. It adjoins the famous Grove Park Inn and, like Biltmore Forest, has earned a reputation as an example of enduring quality in addition to being a desirable place in which to make your home and purchase an amazing home.

The Grove Park Neighborhood in Asheville, NC, named for developer Edwin W.  Grove curves into the foot of Sunset Mountain. The Grove Park Historic District , a lovely example of sustainable neighborhoods is over 100 years old.  It is graced by the Grove Park Inn, built of massive boulders reinforced by concrete and capped with a burnt-orange tiled roof.

According to the National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary , "Grove purchased the surrounding area and sold it off for more residential development creating a stock of remarkable and fanciful dwellings, while the roads approaching Grove Park became the setting for a number of significant buildings."

___ Livability:Asheville's Grove Park is a welcoming, livable, walkable neighborhood. This is a multigenerational neighborhood where people of all ages enjoy strolling beneath the massive trees. ..and you may spot a wild turkey hen and her poults along the way. If you enjoy the idea of walking along curvilinear streets under magnificent tree canopies, this Asheville neighborhood is for you.  The homes are Beautiful- with a capital “B”!

___ Architecture: TheGrove Park Neighborhood-  expect to find Neo-Classical, American Foursquare, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Georgian Revival, Bungalow, Italian Renaissance, Queen Anne homes...many designed by Richard Sharp Smith. These homes are simply breathtaking!

___ Sustainable Excellence:When it comes to sustainable excellence Asheville's Grove Park’s historical neighborhoods regularlyexceed expectations. Universal design is favored by multigenerational residents – parents, children and grandparents, baby boomers retiring to Asheville. You can find elements of universal design in updates and green retrofitting.

Here is a photo I took recently of such a project. Notice the no-step entrance.

Grove Park, Sunset Terrace, and Proximity Park, three areas in the neighborhood,are listedon the National Historic Register.

Here you will find an interesting mix of historic and newer homes, tree-lined streets, incredible views of downtown Asheville and absolutely no commercial zoning (although there are several properties zoned institutional and two churches.)

___ Relocating to Asheville: If you are relocating to Asheville it is even possible to find rental properties here-from single family homes to larger apartment buildings.

___ Neighbors: This is a mature community. There area several second and/or vacation homes in this area, yet neighbors have a strong community voice.

___ Pet -Friendly: Yes

___ Current Average Price Range in Grove Park: $702,000

___ Available Single Family Residences: 36

___ SOLD in 2012: 11 and ___ SOLD Price Point: $282,000 to $730,000
and AT OR WITHIN 10% of Listed Asking Price

___ Current Homes For Sale in theGrove Park Neighborhood in Asheville range in price from $318,000 to $3,750,000.

A Personal Note: If you are relocating to Asheville, interested in this neighborhood and not already working with a REALTOR® I’d love to talk with you about homes and land for sale in the Grove Park Sustainable Neighborhood. You can use the survey located to your right -->

It only takes about 40 minutes from Sylva, NC to drive to the city of Asheville…our largest city in Western North Carolina. Here’s just a couple of examples of the beauty of Asheville, the fabulous Grove Park Inn with it’s commanding view of downtown Asheville and the mountain vista overlooking the golf course plus a bronze statue of a young girl drinking from a fountain on the busy streets of the downtown area.

Asheville is a well-known haven of artists and musicians and touches similar to those in these photos are found everywhere in the city.

Definitely well worth the drive!

A month ago, Karen Hawkins posted beautiful photographs of the sun in a winter sky that looked surprisingly like a moonrise. As I walked on the terrace at the incredible Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC yesterday afternoon I noticed that Karen’s Canada sky was here in the mountains of Western North Carolina! Or maybe our sky was in Canada? It is a small world indeed.

The plants I shot through looked like some kind of oleander type plant but I don’t know what they are. The plants are huge, probably 8 feet high and this time of year are yellowish and straw like. The sun shone weakly through a winter sky and I took several shots. To me they look very otherworldly.

The Grove Park "Luxury" Neighborhood in Asheville, NC, named for developer Edwin W.  Grove,  curves into the foot of Sunset Mountain. The Grove Park Historic District is a shining and also lovely example of sustainable neighborhoods. It  is over 100 years old.  It is graced by theGrove Park Inn, built of massive boulders reinforced by concrete and capped with a burnt-orange tiled roof.

According to the National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary , “Grove purchased the surrounding area and sold it off for more residential development creating a stock of remarkable and fanciful dwellings, while the roads approaching Grove Park became the setting for a number of significant buildings.”


This is an Asheville Luxury Livability Neighborhood I am proud to share with my clients. For more information on Asheville’s Grove Park Neighborhood.

Grove Park Neighborhood in Asheville, NC
Luxury Market
Residential Sales 2012 Stats

Currently Active : 16
Price Range: $385,000  to 1.6 M
Closed 2011-2012: 21
Closed Price Range :  $255,000 to $899,000  AT asking price or within 10%

GROVE PARK  Neighborhood - Asheville’s  Heart of  Luxury .

If your idea of “luxury” is strolling along curvilinear streets under magnificent tree canopies, this Asheville neighborhood responds.  You are at the heart of luxury. The homes you see as you amble along the way are beautiful. . . and elegant.  Here you will find  Neo-Classical, American Foursquare, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Georgian Revival, Bungalow, Italian Renaissance, Queen Anne homes…many designed by Richard Sharp Smith.

As a REALTOR specializing in “upscale properties” here in Asheville,  I know first-hand how much my clients enjoy living in the Grove Park Neighborhood.     And, if you were to ask them, they would probably smile in the friendly way that residents in this neighborhood do, and tell you that, Grove Park is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in all of Asheville.

Bordered on one side by the Grove Park Inn golf course, and one the other by lovely mansions mostly built in the 1920s, it is a personal favorite of mine. Contact me for details.

WALKABLE- Supply and Demand -  "The road to profitability - a foot path!" (3) 

Asheville Real Estate Journal

Walkable Neighborhoods  :  Grove Park

GROVE PARK Walkable Neighborhood. 

Asheville's Grove Park- Walkable Neighborhood  surrounds the world-famous Grove Park Inn. The Inn, built by Edwin Grove opened in 1913. The area surrounding the Inn became known as the "Grove Park."   

Many homes enjoy the "sustainability factor" in the Grove Park area. Wonderful updates and green retrofitting is on the rise. Here is a photo I took recently of such a project. My client was thrilled to see this type of activity going on in the Grove Park area.

Homes: Here you will find an interesting mix of historic and newer homes, tree-lined streets, incredible views of downtown Asheville and absolutely no commercial zoning (although there are several properties zoned institutional and two churches.) 

Three areas in the neighborhood, Grove Park, Sunset Terrace, and Proximity Park are listed on the National Historical Register. If you are relocating to Asheville it is even possible to find rental properties here-from single family homes to larger apartment buildings. 

Neighbors:  This is a mature community. There area several second and/or vacation homes in this area, yet neighbors have a strong community voice.

Pet -Friendly: Yes

Price Range in Grove Park: $400,000 to $1,600,000.  
Available Single Family Residences: 18

SOLD in 2011: 20

Price Point: $255,000 to $900,000 at or within 10% of Listed Asking Price