Ancient Art for Modern Times: The Haywood Street Fresco

On September 26th, 2019, the finishing touches were put on a project that had started a decade before. The skillfully … More

The Castle on the Hill

The ‘Castle on the Hill,’ Stephens Lee High School, opened March 7, 1923, on the former spot of Catholic Hill … More

The Church building that houses the congregation now dubbed ‘Holy Chaos’ was originally built around 1891. It was renovated in … More

James Vester Miller was born just prior to the Civil War, on April 21, 1860 (according to his grave, although … More

Asheville was a well-known and prominent figure in the treatment of tuberculosis in the United States – many people flocking … More

This is a guest post by Terry Roberts, the award-winning author and Asheville native who grew up in ‘Sander Court.’ … More

I recently saw an Asheville historian point to the Grove Park and say “Fitzgerald did a lot of writing there,” … More

Martin Luther King Jr’s second trip to Western North Carolina was in the summer of 1965, again following on the … More

The name only calls one person to mind making it obvious that she wasn’t merely the wife … More

Start at the Corner of Biltmore Avenue (previously South Main) and Eagle Street. Here you will find a statue … More

Snow fell that night. It came howling down across the hills. It swept in on us fro the Smokies. By … More

November 13th, 1906 Asheville’s population wasn’t yet 20,000 people. Street cars were a popular mode of transportation – no interstate, … More