By Dale Wayne Slusser As quickly as success had come, just as quickly did it all come to an end. The Great Depression of the early 1930’s halted Asheville’s building boom, and architect Douglas Ellington found it necessary to move away to find work. He sold his...
by Dale Wayne Slusser In preparation for this month’s tidbit, featuring Douglas Ellington’s unique and quirky home in Chunns Cove, I first began my thinking process, by asking myself- “What Style Is It?” As we’ve seen with his other projects, Ellington’s designs were...
by Dale Wayne Slusser “NORTH ASHEVILLE TO GET $40,000 FIRE HALL SOON”, announced the Asheville Citizen-Times, on November 21, 1926. The article further announced that, “Plans for the new structure have already been drawn by Douglas D. Ellington, architect, and...
By Starlett Russell Craig I grew up in the looming shadow of the “Castle on the Hill”. My street still stands but for the cause of urban renewal, the house that I lived in has long been demolished. Looking back, my neighbors and friends on Circle Street were like...
By Dale Wayne Slusser Douglas Ellington’s S & W Cafeteria is a product of it time and place. Its design reflects the spirit of the “Roaring Twenties” when excess and extravagance reigned, and “convention” was passé, and the mantra was as Cole Porter so aptly...
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