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Friday, May 06, 2016 / Published in Buildings, Events, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Photograph Collection

1980s Downtown Businesses & Restaurants

Early Businesses Paved the Way Interesting things were going on in downtown Asheville in the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s. Lower rents and sagging property values lured entrepreneurial/creative small businesses and restaurants to join long-standing small businesses to make downtown the vibrant and viable place we now see around us. O.Henry’s Restaurant opened at
AshevilleAsheville HistoryCaptain's BookshelfDowntown RevitalizationGatsy's RestaurantMalaprop's Bookstore & CafeO. Henry's Bar
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Events, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

The Fight to Save 11 Acres of Downtown

 The North Carolina Room, Pack Memorial Library presents a six part series Asheville in the 1980s:  A  Formative Decade Told by Those Who Shaped It The first program of the series kicks off Wednesday April 27, 2016 from 6:00 to 7:30 in the Lord Auditorium, lower level. All events are free and open to the public.
AshevilleAsheville HistoryAsheville's Historic ArchitectureHistoric PreservationSave Downtown AshevilleStrouse Greenberg Co. Mall ProposalWrap
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Tuesday, November 04, 2014 / Published in Local Heroes and Heroines, Manuscript Collection

Dr. Irma Smathers, continued

. . . Continuing with the life of Irma Henderson Smathers . . . After Dr. Irma Henderson settled into her own office, she needed, like all physicians, some medical malpractice insurance. William E. Smathers of Autry-Smathers Insurance Agency sold her the coverage. They married the following year. She liked to say of her malpractice policy and her insurance
AshevilleDR. IRMA HENDERSON SMATHERSWomen Physicians
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Monday, October 27, 2014 / Published in Local Heroes and Heroines, Manuscript Collection

Dr. Irma Smathers

Irma Henderson Smathers was born in Madison County in 1910 to Carlene “Jenny”and Logan Henderson. Growing up in Marshall, “Irma painted her dolls with Mercurochrome and did surgery and suturing on their sawdust bodies. She told everyone she was going to be a doctor. They said, “No, dear, you mean you are going to be a
1934AshevilleDepressionDR. IRMA HENDERSON SMATHERSDR. J.N. MOOREFEDERAL CANNERY
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Monday, October 20, 2014 / Published in Local Heroes and Heroines, Photograph Collection, Woo-Woo Moments

Beacon Manufacturing Co., Baseball Team Starring Wade Martin

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Swannanoa native Wade Martin, who was known nationally for his woodcarving abilities. Click here if you haven’t read it. While I was writing about Wade Martin, I was surprised to read that he was also known of as a great baseball player. Because I was staying focused on Wade’s
Beacon Manufacturing Co. Baseball TeamNCNorth Carolina Industrial League Baseball TeamsSwannanoaTar Heel League All-Star Baseball TeamWade Martin
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Saturday, October 04, 2014 / Published in Local Heroes and Heroines, Photograph Collection

Swannanoa Woodcarver Wade Martin Carves One Last Piece

Wade “Gob” Hampton Martin was born in 1920, the son of Marcus Lafayette and Callie Holloway Martin. He had four brothers, Edsel, Wayne, Fred and Quintin and one sister, Zenobia. All of them carved. In the early 1930s the family moved from Andrews, N.C. to Swannanoa, N.C. Wade was nine at the time and grew
AllanstandAshevilleMargaret RobertsSouthern Highlands Handicrft GuildSwannanoaWade Martinwoodcarver
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Monday, September 01, 2014 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Events, Friends of the NC Room, Houses, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

“Let’s Talk About Anthony Lord” Presentation: A Glimpse at What Was Told

The Friends of the North Carolina Room sponsored a presentation, “Let’s Talk About Anthony Lord” on Thursday, August 28, 2014. Seventy-five people attended the event and got to know more about Lord’s life, profession, his many avocations and the effect his life had on Asheville. It is a hard task to recount what five close
Anthony LordAsheville architectureDeborah AustinDianne CableElizabeth KostovaFlint Architectural ForgingsJohn RogersJohn WarnerPeter AustinTerry Davis
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Monday, March 17, 2014 / Published in Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, New Donations, Photograph Collection

EXUM CLEMENT – REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS

The photographs of Exum Clement Stafford that we used in our online exhibit (see Last Week’s Post) came from several sources, and in some cases we did not have access to originals. We were scanning copies, and although the reproductions are remarkably good, we did not have access to any information that might have been written
Elizabeth ClementLillian Exum Clement Stafford
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Friday, March 07, 2014 / Published in Events, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History

Lillian Exum Clement Stafford: Pack Memorial Library Marks Women’s History Month

Note: Click here for an indepth online photograph exhibit detailing Exum’s life. Then click on the first picture to start the slideshow. Lillian Exum Clement Stafford (1886-1925) is quite worth remembering, especially as we celebrate remarkable women in Buncombe County. “Exum,” as she was known, was the first woman in Buncombe County to receive a license to practice
AshevilleBiltmore IndustriesLillian Exum Clement StaffordSwannanoa Valley MuseumWomen AttorneysWomen's History Month
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