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The Montford District is located within an easy walk or bike ride to downtown Asheville. Together, the houses in Montford and the neighborhood's many uses reflect the variety and vitality of Asheville during one of its most exciting periods of growth. Montford was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, and in 1981 the Asheville City Council designated Montford as a local historic district.
Montford has over 600 buildings, most of which were built between 1890 and 1920, and includes a variety of architectural influences including Victorian, Queen Anne and Arts and Crafts styles combined with Neoclassical, Colonial Revival and castle-like motifs.
The neighborhood has a number of charming bed and breakfast inns with beautifully landscaped gardens, large sleeping porches and finely detailed rooms along with large private homes and renovated apartment homes. Also home to Asheville's Riverside Cemetery, Montford is the final resting place for authors Thomas Wolfe and William Sydney Porter (better known as O. Henry) as well as Confederate General Robert B. Vance.
The Montford District has a neighborhood recreation complex managed by the Asheville Parks and Recreation Department. Inside the center there is a climbing wall, gymnasium, multi-purpose room and several classrooms. The Montford recreation complex includes a playground, tennis courts, a lighted ball field and an amphitheatre.
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