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... 
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... 
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... August 20th at 5:30pm – First Baptist Church (5 Oak Street) Let’s explore parts of our past that are openly visible but remain somewhat concealed or forgotten. Sometimes these historic remnants blend perfectly into the environment or operate as ordinary... Founded in 1908, St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines flourished in various incarnations for over seventy-five years. What began in a house on Starnes Avenue with twenty-two students grew to eighteen acres on Victoria Road at what is now Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community... 
Boom to Bust: A Cautionary TaleNovember 10, 2026
Forgotten Houses of Azalea – Part 1: Samuel Davidson’s Cabin & “Swannanoa Farm” (Gash Far…September 8, 2026
C.D. Beadle’s Farm & Nursery in OteenAugust 11, 2026