Hendersonville in Henderson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Wolfe's Angel
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 12, 2008
1. Wolfe's Angel Marker
Marble statue from the Asheville shop of W.O.Wolfe. Inspired title of son Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel. Stands 150 feet south.Erected 1987 by Division of Archives and History. (Marker Number P-65.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Man-Made Features.
Location. 35° 19.201′ N, 82° 28.49′ W. Marker is in Hendersonville, North Carolina, in Henderson County. Marker is on 6th Ave. (U.S. 64) near Prince Dr.. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hendersonville NC 28739, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Judson College (approx. half a mile away); Hendersonville High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); 1 Bearcat Boulevard (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Canal (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Inn on Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); United States Post Office (approx. 0.8 miles away); Syndicate Building (approx. 0.8 miles away); Clarke Hardware Building (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hendersonville.
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Also see . . . Thomas Wolfe's Angel. (Submitted on October 13, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
Additional commentary.
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In August 1929 Scribner’s published “An Angel on the Porch,” the “first work of a new writer about whom much will be heard this fall.” The story and the novel published that fall, Look Homeward Angel, took their titles from a statue:
In 1906 W. O. Wolfe went to the home of a Hendersonville woman, taking with him photographs of several of his stones including the remaining angel. He persuaded her to buy it at a cost of over $1,000.
Today it stands over the grave of her mother, Margaret Bates Johnson, in Hendersonville’s Oakdale Cemetery. In the 1970s an ardent Wolfe admirer visiting the site knocked it over, breaking a hand and one of the wings. Since then it has been repaired and today it is enclosed by a low stone wall and high wrought-iron fence. (N.C. Dept. of Cultural Resources)
— Submitted May 24, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 23, 2010
2. Wolfe's Angel Marker as seen along 6th Ave.(US 64), looking east
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 12, 2008
3. Wolfe's Angel
Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville, NC
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 11, 2008
4. Wolfe's Angel
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 23, 2010
5. Wolfe's Angel
Margaret Bates Johnson Grave
Photographed By Mike Stroud, May 23, 2010
6. Wolfe's Angel and Marker at far right
Credits. This page was last revised on June 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on October 12, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,183 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 12, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 2. submitted on May 24, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3, 4. submitted on October 12, 2008, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 5, 6. submitted on May 24, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
