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Saturday, December 28, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Asheville History, Buildings, Buncombe County History, Houses, Local History, Photograph Collection

A “Worst” Asheville Album: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

I remember “worst” Asheville. It’s the neighborhood where my Grandfather was born in a house with dirt floors, where I went to preschool (back when Crossroads Assembly was “West Asheville Assembly” located on Haywood Rd.), attended my first dance lessons (in the building where Asheville Greenworks is today), and went along with my mother to
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesAppalachiabefore and afterCrossroads AssemblyEatieriesGentrificationHaywood RoadRestaurantsService StationStandard Pizza Co.Sunny Point CafeUniversal JointUrban AppalachiaWest AshevilleWest End BakeryWorst Asheville
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Architecture, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Houses

Becoming a “Townie” in Malvern Hills: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Pleasant Alexander Calhoun lived most of his adult life in a place Horace Kephart described as the “back of beyond.” Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was so remote that few outsiders had ever ventured into the isolated community nestled deep in the Great Smoky Mountains. It’s not probable that he thought his final years would be spent in an
1920'sALCOAAmerican EnkaAppalachiaAshevilleAsheville SchoolBack of BeyondBeacon BlanketsBuncombe CountyChicken HillCity DirectoriesDel Rio. TNFontana LakeGreat Smoky MountainsGrovemontHaywood RoadHorace KephartJackson CountyKenilworthKeoweeMalvern HillsMimosa Dr.Newton M. AndersonOconeeRobert HenrySanborn MapsSchool Rd.Six AssociatesSmokiesSubdivisionsSulphur SpringsWest Asheville
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Saturday, May 04, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Local History, Manuscript Collection

Deaver’s View//Deaverview, A Peek into the Process: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

Many of our 52 Weeks 52 Communities posts have been about rediscovering the origins of the names of our communities in Buncombe County. This week is no different. Deaverview, a community in West Asheville seemed straightforward in this regard: figure out who Deaver is, and call it a day. But, sometimes it’s not that easy.
52 Weeks 52 CommunitiesB.M LeeBuncombe CountyBuncombe County CommissionDeaver’s Sulphur SpringsDeaver’s View MountainDeaverviewGoogle MapsH. Taylor RogersInMagic/DBTextworksM.B. Haynes Electric CorpMilkcoNewspapers.comOCR (optical character recognition)PrestoReuben DeaverSpecial CollectionsSulphur Springs HotelThe Asheville Hosiery MillsWest Asheville
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Wednesday, April 03, 2019 / Published in 52 Weeks 52 Communities, African Americans, Asheville History, Buncombe County History, Forgotten People, Local History

Working Together on Burton Street: 52 Weeks, 52 Communities

“On the west side of Asheville between Patton and Haywood/A community holds on, tries to create a sustainable model, /Relationship-building between people/What can I say: Burton Street?” -DeWayne Barton “Burton Street Working Together” from 27 Views of Asheville, Eno Publishers, ed. We have discussed the Burton Street Community a few times this year, especially highlighting
African AmericansAshevilleBuffalo StreetBurton StreetCity of AshevilleCommunitiesCommunityCommunity HistoryDeWayne BartonE.W. PearsonEarly Asheville HistoryF.A. SondleyHood HuggersNorth CarolinaSchoolsStreetsUrban PlanningUrban RenewalWest Asheville
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Friday, February 19, 2016 / Published in Books, Events, Forgotten People, Local History

Robert Henry, Forgotten Pioneer and the Sulphur Springs Hotel (Malvern Hills, West Asheville) Bring a brown bag lunch and go back in time with local historian Richard Russell. Wednesday, February 24, 12 noon–1 pm Pack Memorial Library, Lord Auditorium (lower level) 67 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC The event is free and open to the public.
AshevilleAsheville HistoryRobert HenrySulphur Springs HotelSulpur SpringsWest Asheville
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Friday, October 09, 2015 / Published in Local History, Manuscript Collection, New Donations, Photograph Collection

Horses Crossing the French Broad River on a Ferry

Before there were bridges across the French Broad River, there were ferries. And then there were no bridges across the river, according to F.S. Sondley in A History of Buncombe County North Carolina, when in “1865 the Yankee invasion up the French Broad River burned the bridges at Alexanders and at what is now Craggy.
AshevilleferriesHorse ShowshorsesRiverside ParkWest Asheville
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Friday, February 07, 2014 / Published in African Americans, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, New Donations, Woo-Woo Moments

A Valentine for E. W. Pearson, Sr.

Edward W. Pearson, Sr. was one of the most energetic and creative forces for positive change that Asheville has ever known. From Pearson’s arrival in Asheville in 1906, until his death in 1946, he worked tirelessly to improve the fortunes and the quality of life of his family and his community. Facing many barriers to
Annette Pearson CottonAsheville Royal GiantsBuncombe County District Colored Agricultural FairClifford Cotton IIIEdward W. PearsonNorth Carolina College for NegroesPark View SubdivisionWest Asheville
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Saturday, July 20, 2013 / Published in Local History, Manuscript Collection, New Donations

Gary Logan Family Collection

The growth of our collection depends on the generosity of donors like Gary Logan, who recently shared his extensive collection of family photographs. His great grandparents William Erwin Logan (1860-1916) and Rose Addie Deaver Logan (1865-1943), lived at 124 Logan Avenue in West Asheville, fondly called “The Big House” by the family. In the photograph above,
John Lagustus LawrenceparadesRhododendron FestivalRose Addie Deaver LoganWest AshevilleWilliam Erwin Logan

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