Governor's Western Residence
The State of North Carolina also owns a second residence for the use of the governor, at 45 Patton Mountain Road on Town Mountain near Asheville. It was donated to the state by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce in 1964, in the hope that future governors would spend more time in—and hence pay more attention to—the western portion of the state.
The home was built originally in 1939 by Tom Brimer, who was then owner of Good Humor Ice Cream. It has 6,000-square-foot (560 m2), and sits on 18 acres (73,000 m2) of land.
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