| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 68 — Biltmore House |
| | Designed for George W. Vanderbilt by Richard M. Hunt. Constructed, 1890-1895. Opened to public, 1930. Three miles west. — Map (db m12704) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Buncombe County Court House — 1927 |
| |
1927
Buncombe
County Court House
Erected by the People of
Buncombe County
Board of County Commissioners
Hon.E.M.Lyda
Chairman
Hon.W.E.Johnson~Hon.W.E.McLean
Burgin Pernnell
County Attorney
L.E.Jarrett
County Draftsman
Milburn Heister & Co.
Architects
Angle-Blackford Co.
Contractors — Map (db m18694) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Civic Pride |
| | Asheville's central square has long served the
needs of government and commerce. From
1892 to 1926 a massive city hall with a bell
tower dominated the east end. The building
housed police and fire departments in addition
to municipal offices. In stalls downstairs
African-American and white merchants
operated a public market. — Map (db m17062) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 57 — Confederate Armory |
| | Manufactured Enfield-type rifles. In 1863 Plant moved to Columbia.S.C. Building was located 1/4 mi.SE.Burned in 1865. — Map (db m12705) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 32 — Jeter C. Pritchard |
| | United States Senator, 1895-1903.
Republican leader, newspaperman, federal judge. His home is 3/10 mile east; grave is 1.3 mi. west. — Map (db m12708) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 79 — Lillian Exum Clement Stafford — 1894 - 1925 |
| | First female legislator in the South. Elected to N.C. House, 1920. Her law office was 400 yds west; home 1/2 mi. NE. — Map (db m12707) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 18 — Newton Academy |
| | Established before 1793 as Union Hill Academy. Named for George Newton. Later site of a public school. Building stood 200 feet east. — Map (db m2277) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 37 — Rutherford Trace |
| | The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, September, 1776, passed nearby on the banks of the Swannanoa River. — Map (db m2279) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 38 — Rutherford Trace |
| | The expedition led by
Gen. Griffith Rutherford
against the Cherokee,
September 1776, passed
nearby. — Map (db m17056) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 9 — Stoneman's Raid |
| | On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry occupied Asheville on April 26, 1865. — Map (db m12768) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P-53 — Sulphur Springs |
| | Health & social resort during the nineteenth century; patronized by low-country planters. Springs are 600 yds. S. — Map (db m17093) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — The County of Buncombe |
| | Near and West of this spot at Gum Spring The County of Buncombe
was organized on April 16, 1792
under act of the
General Assembly of North Carolina
Erected by The National Society of the Colonial Dames Of America
In the State of North Carolina
1922 — Map (db m12831) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — P 17 — Thomas Wolfe |
| | Author of "Look Homeward Angel" (1929)."Of Time and the River", and other works. Home stands 200 yards N., birthplace 500 yds. N.E. — Map (db m12706) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Asheville — Thomas Wolfe House / Dixieland — Old Kentucky Home |
| | Dixieland
Asheville native Thomas Wolfe achieved international fame with the publication of his first full-length novel, Look Homeward, Angel, in 1929. Many of the incidents in the book took place in his mother's boardinghouse, "Old Kentucky Home," which he called "Dixieland." A large man, both in stature and in accomplishment, Wolfe left big shoes to fill.
Placed by the Four Seasons Garden Club
Another marker, immediately in front of the house, reads]:
Thomas . . . — Map (db m12757) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Ashville — To Honor the Revolutionary Soldiers — Buried in Buncombe County, N.C. |
| | James Alexander •
Zebulon Barid •
Willian Brittain •
Adam Cooper •
Samuel Davidson •
Willian Davidson •
Lot Harper •
Joseph Harrison •
William Moore •
John Patton •
Daniel Smith •
Valentine Thrash •
David Vance •
Robert Williamson •
And Others — Map (db m18705) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Ashville — War with Spain |
| | This marker is erected
in loving memory of the
men of Boncombe County
who volunteered and served
in the War with Spain,
the insurrection in the
Philippines and the
China Relief Expedition,
1898 - 1902 — Map (db m18707) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Hominy — P-39 — Rutherford Trace |
| | The expedition led by Gen. Griffith Rutherford against the Cherokee, Sept., 1776, camped near-by along Hominy Creek. — Map (db m17094) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Weaverville — Brothers In Service — Zebulon and Robert Vance Brithplace |
| | Here were born two notable Buncombe County brothers, Zebulon Baird Vance (1830-1894) and Robert Brank Vance (1828-1899).
Zebulon Vance was a Whig and supporter of the Union who opposed secession until the last moment. At the outbreak of war in 1861, he reigned his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, returned home, and raised the "Rough and Ready Guards" (Co. F, 14th North Carolina Infantry) for the Confederate army. Elected colonel of the 26th North Carolina Infantry, Vance served in . . . — Map (db m23138) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), Weaverville — P 2 — Zebulon B. Vance |
| | Governor, 1862 - 5, 1877 - 9;
U.S. Senator, 1879 - 94.
Birthplace 6 Miles Northeast. — Map (db m22782) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), West Asheville — "End of Car Line" — 1890-1934 — Built by Edwin G. Carrier |
| | The west Asheville & Sulphur springs electric railway ran from the springs to Government Street, at what is now Pritchard Park
Fare 5¢ — Map (db m17055) |
| North Carolina (Buncombe County), West Asheville — P-86 — Electric Streetcars |
| | First electric trolley
system in N.C. opened,
Feb. 1, 1889, bolstering
regional tourism. Served
train depot 1/4 mile S.E. — Map (db m17058) |
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