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King  interviewed in 2011 by Kate Walker. 

JOSEPH BERTRAM (BERT) KING, FAIA (1924-)

King was born in Greenville SC and graduated from NCSU with a degree in Architectural Engineering with honors in 1949.  He worked for Six Associates and Lindsay Gudger in Asheville then started his own firm in 1952.  In 1968 the AIANC gave J. Bertram King Architects an honorary award for the design of Warren Wilson Chapel in Swannanoa NC, shown below.  He was President of AIANC in 1973.   He retired in the mid-1990's. 

Additional Resources:  Bert King Facebook Page.

1954 - The Ray and Francella Poston House, 5 Northwood Drive, Asheville NC.  A flat-roofed house, one of the first in Asheville.  Landscape design by Doan Ogdon.  Sold in 1964 to current owners Grace and Phillip Walker.  Bottom photo by LeNoir Medlock.

1955 - The Harry and Mariella Dumont House, 15 Grovewood, Asheville NC.  They lived there for about 45 years.  Sold in 2007 to Eric and Carly Albee who did a remodel.  Photo by LeNoir Medlock.

1957 - 361 Windsor, Asheville NC.  Sold in 2000 to John and Judy Cuellar.  Sold in 2003 to Robert H. Wallace.  For sale in 2011.

1957 - 535 North Griffing (former address 549 Sunset), Asheville NC.  Sold in 2009 to Thomas S. (Tom) and Yumiko Virant, a builder and an architect, who plan an extensive renovation in late 2011.

1958 - The Hobbs House, 44 Hamburg Mountain Road, Weaverville NC.  Sold in 1999 to current owners Rex and Denise Snodgrass.  

1958 - 160 Hamburg Mountain Road, Weaverville NC.  Sold to John Dick.  Sold in 2005 to current owners Robert Tenny and Elizabeth Stembridge. 

1959 - The R. D. Gregory House, 105 Kimberly Knoll, Asheville.  Sold to Calvin and Janice Carr.  Sold in 1999 to Donald and Catherine Schaller.  Video.  Sold in 2011 to Kenneth and Lucy Dierks. 

1960 - The Dick and Jane Haber Residence I, 565 Old Toll Road, Asheville NC. Sold to Warren Fluharty.  Sold in 1993 to Abdulkader and Kathy J. Inkidar.

1960 - 92 Horizon Hill Road, Asheville NC.  4886 sf. Landscape design by Doan Odgon and Kirk Alexander.  Sold to Deborah Dennison.  Sold in 2000 to Sally Kennedy.  Sold in 2006 to Lorne and Nancy Hall.

1960 - The Kenneth Partin Sr. House, 42 Lakeview Road, Asheville NC.  Gardens by Doan Ogdon.  On Beaver Lake.  Charles Sappenfield was the project architect.  Sold to Dennis Drenning.  Sold in 1986 to Audrey and Bob Baer.  Sold in 2006 to Peter and Brenda Gignac.  They gutted it and did a complete renovation, including a home theatre.  For sale 2010-2011.

1961 - The Larry Mills House, 46 Lakeview Road, Asheville NC. On Beaver Lake.  Sold around 1985 to Lowell and Sally Pearlman.  Sold in 1997 to Brent Nappier. Sold in 1999 to current owners Ray and Martha (Coralie) Morgan.

1962 - The Leon Feldman House, 18 Beaverbrook Road, Asheville. Sold to John and Donna Pierce.  Sold in 1997 to Christopher and Virginia McNallly.  Sold in 2002 to current owner Robert (Randy) Siegel.   Bottom two photos by Stewart Young.

1962 - 157 Windsor, Asheville NC. Sold to John and Susann Barber.  Sold in 2000 to current owners Robert and Sandra Whyte.

1963 - 310 Town Mountain Road, Asheville NC.  Sold to Harriet Manley.
Sold in 2006 to current owner R. Hardy Holland III.  2800 sf.

1963 - 26 East Fox Chase Road, Asheville NC. Sold in the 1990's to Wayne and Patricia Woodson.  Sold in 2000 to Paul and Barbara Rumson.  Sold in 2006 to current owner Robert Fluharty.

1964 - 10 Crowningway, Asheville NC.  Sold to Marilyn Dawson. Sold in 2006 to current owners Bradley and Peggy Holmes. An addition was put on the front in 2011.

1965 - 4 Kent Place, Asheville NC.  Sold to Donna A. Brock.  Sold in 1997 to Edward Broadwell.  Sold in 1998 to current owner Giselle Kovac.   Was on the market in 2010 for a while.

1966 - 13 Kent Place, Asheville NC.  2469 sf.  Sold to Steven H. and Pamela D. Baker.  Sold in 1999 to Harold and Rebecca Gross.  Sold in 2004 to current owners Tom and Cheri Brackett.

1967 - 33 Sunset Summit Road, Asheville NC.  Sold to Jean and John Davis.  Sold in October 2008 to current owner Eric Hawes.  Photos by Mark Allison.  Needs verification as a Bert King design.

1979 - The Dick and Jane Haber Residence II, 305 Town Mountain Road, Asheville NC.  Sold to Jean Honig, who took out the pool.  Sold to current owners Richard and Carole Marcotte who did an extensive two-year renovation and put the pool back.  Top two photos by Bert King; rest by Carole Marcotte.

Sources include:  Modern Asheville, Bert King, Mark Allison, Troy Winterrowd,
Audrey and Bob Bayer, Lowell Pearlman, LeNoir Medlock, and Carole Marcotte.