The William E. Breese, Sr. House, generally known today as Cedar Crest, is one of the largest and most opulent residences surviving from Asheville’s 1890s boom period. Located on a three-acre tract just north of Biltmore Village, the Queen Anne style dwelling features a prominent turret, expansive side and rear porches, and elaborate interior woodwork. Originally constructed in 1891 as a residential structure, the building was converted to lodging in the mid-1930s after briefly serving as a tubercular sanatorium during the Great Depression.