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Tuesday, January 08, 2019 / Published in Uncategorized

52 Weeks, 52 Communities: Alexander

Situated along the French Broad between Weaverville and Leicester is Alexander. The unincorporated community has a storied history connected directly to tourism, the Buncombe Turnpike, and the Zebulon Vance’s older brother, Robert. Today, Alexander remains one of the most rural sections of the county, characterized by steep terrain on either side of the French Broad
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Thursday, January 03, 2019 / Published in Uncategorized

52 Weeks, 52 Communities : Albemarle Park

There is nothing like a memoir to learn the history of a place, and the Albemarle community is lucky that the children (of which there were 10) of William and Mary Wadley Raoul wrote about their family and the development of Albemarle. The Family of Raoul: A Memoir by Mary Raoul Millis, contains Mary’s writing
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Friday, December 28, 2018 / Published in African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History, Manuscript Collection

Asheville Black Family History and Stephens-Lee High School Graduates

Are any of these people your relatives?   Former graduates of Stephens-Lee High School, educational achievements and biographical information. We felt very fortunate to find these photographs, as well as the information regarding when these early graduates of Stephens-Lee completed their studies. The further information about their later educational attainments and what the were doing
African American EducationAfrican American HistoryLila Bennett BrogdonMary Russell HallMiss Leona C. McCoolMountain Street SchoolStephens-Lee Alumni AssociationStephens-Lee Archive RoomStephens-Lee CenterStephens-Lee High School
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Thursday, December 27, 2018 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Asheville History, Local History, Quirks & Kerfuffles

52 Weeks, 52 Communities: A Journey Through Buncombe County

Buncombe County has historically been one of the largest counties in North Carolina (Currently we rank number 19 of 100 in land area). In its earliest days, the county was nicknamed “The State of Buncombe” because its borders encompassed an enormous portion of western North Carolina straight to the Tennessee line (and for a short
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Saturday, December 22, 2018 / Published in Uncategorized

36 Montford Avenue

36 Montford Avenue is now the location of Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. But it wasn’t always so. On that site local builder and architect O.D. Revell erected what would commonly be referred to as the Coleman House at “the head of Montford” named for the owners John Kennedy Coleman and his
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018 / Published in Architecture, Asheville History, Buildings, Post Card Collection, Quirks & Kerfuffles

Strange, But True…..

On July 10, 1932 that headline began an article in The Asheville Citizen-Times. What follows is the column in its entirety. One of the new Adirondack cabins now being brought to Asheville and vicinity by the Consolidated Realty corporation ready to erect, has been opened at Lake Lure at the intersection of the state highway
Grove Arcade rooftop cabinLake Lure Cabin
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Monday, November 26, 2018 / Published in Uncategorized

Join us for our monthly program: Civil War Stories

This month’s program will be one you won’t want to miss. We’ll be featuring a dramatic reading of Civil War letters and journals held here in the North Carolina Room. The letters and diaries were written by James M. Henderson and his wife Maria. The couple hailed from Haywood County, just west of Buncombe. Deborah
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Friday, November 16, 2018 / Published in Asheville History, Local History, Photograph Collection

From Used Cars to Brew Pubs: The Changing Face of Coxe Avenue

E.W. Grove ‘moved a mountain’ to build the “New” Battery Park Hotel and the Grove Arcade. The mountain of dirt filled a gully running south of Patton Avenue to Southside. The newly named Coxe Street first appeared in the City Directory of 1923. The following year the street name was changed to Coxe Avenue. The
40 Coxe Avenuerobinson Brothers Motor CompanySawyer Motor Co.Sears Roebuck & Company
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018 / Published in Uncategorized

The North Carolina Room Has a New Staff Member!

Welcome to Katherine Calhoun Cutshall   Katherine Calhoun Cutshall joined the staff of the North Carolina room last week, and she’s excited to put her skills and knowledge of local history to work at Pack Memorial Library. A Buncombe County native and lover of all things western North Carolina, she is thrilled to be downtown,
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