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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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