William E. Breese Sr. House

The William E. Breese Sr. House, located at 674 Biltmore Avenue in Asheville, North Carolina, is a historic Queen Anne style residence built in 1891 by architect Charles B. Leonard. This 2+1⁄2-story timber-framed house features a distinctive off-center entrance tower with a steeply pitched pyramidal roof. Notably, it served as the Sherwood Sanatorium from 1927 to 1932 and later became a tourist home known as Cedar Crest after 1939. The house was recognized for its historical significance and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, making it an interesting site for both tourists and researchers interested in architectural history and local heritage.