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James Madison and Leah Arcouet Chiles House

Houses in Asheville, North CarolinaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North CarolinaSpanish Colonial Revival architecture
James Madison and Leah Arcouet Chiles House
James Madison and Leah Arcouet Chiles House

James Madison and Leah Arcouet Chiles House is an historic home located in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is a two-story Spanish Colonial Revival-style villa located at 21 Chiles Avenue in the Kenilworth neighborhood of Asheville. James "Jake" Chiles, a successful businessman and real estate developer and his wife, Leah. Chiles engaged local architect Ronald Greene to design the house, which was constructed between 1922 and 1925. The stuccoed dwelling has a low-pitched hip roof covered with clay tile, walled courtyards, private balconies, and a Baroque-inspired entrance bay. The interior features oak floors, black walnut paneling, round-arch double- leaf wooden patio doors, and colorful glazed-tile bathrooms. James Madison and Leah Arcouet Chiles developed Kenilworth as a residential suburb in the 1910s around the rebuilt Kenilworth Inn, which was completed in 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.

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James Madison and Leah Arcouet Chiles House
Chiles Avenue, Asheville

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Chiles Avenue 19
28803 Asheville
North Carolina, United States
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