The homes includes notable examples of Stick Style / Eastlake movement, Second Empire, and Gothic Revival residential architecture.

Located in the district is the separately listed Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, also known as Connemara (Rock Hill).

Other notable estates include Mountain Lodge, Argyle, Beaumont, Tall Trees (Greenlawn), Many Pines, Chanteloupe, Teneriffe, Rutledge Cottage, Dunroy, Treholm-Rhett House home of George Trenholm, Kenmure (Glenroy), Vincennes (Elliott House) home of William Elliott, Sallie Parker House, Enchantment, Bonclarken (Heidleberg), Saluda Cottages (San Souci), Tranquility, and the Rhue House.

Also located in the district is St. John-in-the-Wilderness church and rectory, the Old Post Office, Woodfield Inn (Farmer's Hotel), The Lowndes Place (State Theater of North Carolina).

This article about a property in Henderson County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.