The Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County

Our Home | Our History | Our Future

Our efforts are supported by people of Asheville & Buncombe County who value the proud legacy of our uniquely beautiful area. How will you help us preserve our home for future generations?

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Our Home | Our History | Our Future

Our efforts are supported by people of Asheville & Buncombe County who value the proud legacy of our uniquely beautiful area. How will you help us preserve our home for future generations?

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Architectural Tidbits

by Dale Wayne Slusser

Boom to Bust: A Cautionary Tale

by Catherine Amos | November 10, 2026 | Architectural Tidbits | 0 Comments

by Dale Wayne Slusser - November 2026 We value our historic housing stock in Asheville, but don’t often think about how it came to be or what factors, like time and economic conditions, contributed to their building. Those of us in Asheville and Buncombe County who...

Forgotten Houses of Azalea – Part 1: Samuel Davidson’s Cabin & “Swannanoa Farm” (Gash Farm)

by Catherine Amos | September 8, 2026 | Architectural Tidbits | 2 Comments

By Dale Wayne Slusser -September 2026 “There stands our old homestead, doomed and abandoned, scarred, and worn by decades of time, it stands as a symbol of endurance and love, of hardships and hopes of our pioneer ancestors.” - Helen Gash Pearce, 1961 The area around...

C.D. Beadle’s Farm & Nursery in Oteen

by Catherine Amos | August 11, 2026 | Architectural Tidbits | 2 Comments

By Dale Wayne Slusser - August 2026 “On his farm and nursery at Oteen is one of the largest collections of plants in the south….”. -Asheville Citizen-Times, April 10, 1932 Chauncey D. Beadle was for sixty years a renowned horticulturalist associated with George...

Will the Real Swannanoa Hill Please Stand!: The Story of Swannanoa Hill and Kenilworth Lodge (Cedar Crest inn)

by Catherine Amos | May 11, 2026 | Architectural Tidbits | 1 Comment

By Dale Wayne Slusser If there be one who’s sick and weak, With hectic rose upon her cheek, And wishes health, then let her go, And taste thy waters, Swannanoa*. Thy beauteous waters as they roll Bring health to body, strength to soul; No lovelier sight this world can...

Our Home | Our History | Our Future

Our efforts are supported by people of Asheville & Buncombe County who value the proud legacy of our uniquely beautiful area. How will you help us preserve our home for future generations?

Our Home | Our History | Our Future

Our efforts are supported by people of Asheville & Buncombe County who value the proud legacy of our uniquely beautiful area. How will you help us preserve our home for future generations?

Architectural Tidbits

by Dale Wayne Slusser

Boom to Bust: A Cautionary Tale

Forgotten Houses of Azalea – Part 1: Samuel Davidson’s Cabin & “Swannanoa Farm” (Gash Farm)

C.D. Beadle’s Farm & Nursery in Oteen

Will the Real Swannanoa Hill Please Stand!: The Story of Swannanoa Hill and Kenilworth Lodge (Cedar Crest inn)

To conserve Asheville and Buncombe County’s heritage and sense of place through preservation and promotion of the region’s historic resources.

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