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

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

Early one friday in mid-March I headed east on I-40 past Greensboro to Sedalia, NC. population 622. I was … More

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

Part One: On January 20th-22nd 1964 Martin Luther King Jr and his Civil Rights organization the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, … More

Did you know Nina Simone went to High School in Asheville? Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in Tryon NC in 1933, … More

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

Thank goodness for Asheville’s Flatiron Building! Not only is it a cool piece of architecture, it provided the inspiration for … More