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West Asheville becomes part of the city of Asheville. Nov. 16, a fire at Catholic Hill School for Colored Children killed seven and destroyed the building. Considered to be one of the worst disasters in Asheville history. [8] 1920 – Population: 28,504. 1922 – Imperial Theatre in business. [15] 1924 – Hi-rise Jackson Building constructed.
The Preservation Society saved the mansion from demolition and had it moved 600 feet. The mansion underwent a $3 million restoration before being opened as part of an Inn in 1989. The second and third floors housed 12 guest rooms, while the first floor contained a restaurant called Gabrielle's, a grand Oak Hall, library, and front parlor.
Most of the district's 600 buildings—primarily residences—were constructed between 1890 and 1920. The people who bought lots and built in the Montford area in its building prime were for the most part middle class individuals who carried out the day-to-day activities of the city—businessmen, lawyers, doctors, and a few architects.
Notable buildings include the separately listed Bledsoe Building, along with the Isis Theater (1937), Franklin Building (1923), Pure Oil Station (1947), Wells Building (1917), Palace Theater (1928), Great A&P Tea Company (1926), and West Asheville Post Office (1929). [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]
The inn's 140 acres includes 513 guest rooms, 10 restaurants and bars, an 18-hole golf course, subterranean spa, 42 meeting rooms, two ballrooms, two swimming pools, and nine tennis courts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Grove Park Inn is a member of the Historic Hotels of America program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation .
Earlier this year, we asked readers which closed Raleigh restaurants they’d bring back if they could. They didn’t hold back. Now, with news that the original Hillsborough Street Char-Grill ...
Australians advised to avoid Canada's example of "disunion" as they consider federation [4] British socialist newspaper decries "that venerable fraud and child kidnapper, Doctor Barnardo" shipping boys to Canada [5] Victoria, B.C. Free Public Library has popular novels of Scott, Dickens, Trollope and Thackeray, and also Bulwer, Yonge, Braddon ...
City Bakery (Downtown) On Aug. 12, City Bakery closed its downtown store at 60 Biltmore Ave., which opened in 2004. The local, family-owned eatery, founded in 1999, still operates its original ...