By Dale Wayne Slusser On May 24, 1914, the Charlotte Observer reported the following news from Asheville: “Work on the stone castle which Fred L. Seely is building on the brow of Overlook Mountain has been resumed and a force of 30 workmen is now engaged in erecting...
By Dale Wayne Slusser While walking down N. Liberty Street in North Asheville, via google “street view”, recently, I came across the beautiful cottage at the northeast corner of N. Liberty and East Chestnut Streets (138 E. Chestnut Street). My first thought was that...
By Dale Wayne Slusser When the current owners of 169 Flint Street (in Asheville’s historic Montford district) asked me to research the history of their house, they also asked me to investigate the possibility that their house was designed by Richard Sharp Smith. “R....
By Dale Wayne Slusser Most often when I’m asked by a homeowner to trace the history of their “old house”, the owner assumes that their house was originally designed and built for a specific owner. Often, they also assume that the house was designed by a notable...
By Dale Wayne Slusser Perched high on a steep wooded site on Sunset Mountain, accessed from below, up a series of rustic stone steps and a magical pathway that winds up the hill through the dense ivy ground-cover, is an enchanting Storybook-style cottage,...
