by Dale Wayne Slusser Today’s “Pocket Neighborhood” developers in Asheville would do well to study Albemarle Park, one of Asheville’s earliest planned residential developments. William Greene Raoul, a railroad executive from Georgia originally purchased the 34-acre...
The construction of the house at 30 Norwood Avenue is as unique as was its creator and builder, Joseph Percy Threadgill, a real estate developer from Miami, who was simply known as “Percy”. This unusual one-and-one-half-story-plus-basement, Tudor Revival house appears...
cby Dale Wayne Slusser St. Lawrence Basilica, named for the patron-saint of Spain, was built in 1905 in a Spanish Baroque style. This is not surprising considering that the church, though drawn by architect Richard Sharp Smith, was mostly designed and built by...
Federal-Style Architecture on the Frontier: Vance Birthplace- An example of building in the frontier of the expanding United States of America, during the Federalist Period. by Dale Wayne Slusser When we think of “Federal-style” architecture from the period of...
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...
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