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Saturday, August 31, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architectural Drawing Collection, Architecture, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Houses, Local History

Historical House Hunting in Kimberly: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

We’re over halfway there, folks! Here we are on community #34/52.  And a few times throughout this series, we’ve taken the opportunity to teach you a little bit about how to most effectively use your time in the archives or navigate our public database, Presto, to do some of your groundwork from the comforts of
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesAshevilleBuncombe CountyE.W. GroveE.W. Grove InvestmentsGroveGrove Park InnHomesImagesKimberly HeightsPostcardsResearchSix Associates
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Saturday, July 20, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Asheville History, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Houses, Local History, Manuscript Collection

A Model Letter from a Model Village, Grovemont on Swannanoa: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Edwin Wiley Grove had a grand vision. After striking it rich in the patent medicine business he began to invest in real estate, a hot market in the Southern United States throughout the 1880s and into the 1920s. Grove purchased property in a number of major cities, including Atlanta. And although his famous tasteless chill
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesAlexanderBattery HillBattery ParkBattery Park HotelBuncombe CountyE.W. GroveEdwin Wiley GroveGeorge MasaGrove Park InnGrove's Tasteless Chill TonicGrovestone QuarryHomesPatent MedicinesPlanned CommunitiesReal EstateSt. Margaret Mary Catholic ChurchSwannanoaSwannanoa Branch Library
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Friday, June 23, 2017 / Published in Events, Local History, Post Card Collection

Event: “Family Feud–The Bitter Battle Between E.W. Grove and Fred Seely for the Grove Park Inn”

Family Feud:  The Bitter Battle Between E.W. Grove and Fred Seely For the Grove Park Inn Speaker: Bruce Johnson Date: Wednesday, June 28th Time: 12:00 to 1:00 Brown Bag Lunch: bring a lunch and enjoy some local history! Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium lower level Refreshments will be served. All events are free and open to
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Friday, November 20, 2015 / Published in Uncategorized

Americanization Classes at the Grove Park Inn–1920s

The Buncombe County Community (Night) School’s literacy program was a forerunner in the state to help teach literacy to adults. We wrote about it in a post two years ago, which covered rural Buncombe County citizens being taught to read and write. A not-as-well-known part of the Community School’s program was the Americanization Classes that were held to
Americanization ClassesAshevilleBuncombe County Community SchoolsGrove Park InnImmigrants

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