In honor of PSABC’s 50th anniversary, throughout the year we will be looking back on our greatest successes and hardest losses in our “50 Years of Preservation” series, as featured in the 2026 calendar. Each month, we will feature artwork created...
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...
The Gudger House is the Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County’s first historic preservation easement property. The ca. 1900 house is an asymmetrical two-story Queen Anne style house located in the Montford Historic District. The design is characterized... George Vanderbilt decided to build his home in Western North Carolina during a time when Asheville was growing rapidly and developing its identity as a city. Among the many people brought here to be a part of Biltmore’s construction and operations were individuals...
by Dale Wayne Slusser – February 2026 Marigold Cottage, one of an assemblage of cottages built in Albemarle Park, is unique among its neighbors (and almost every other house in Asheville) in that it has no street frontage or access, being accessible only from an...