Education
Education is core to our mission. Public lectures, walking tours, and a range of other programming contribute to the educational content we produce to spread understanding and appreciation of our historic built environment.March Education Program
Originally slated for demolition, PSABC purchased the 1910 house at 32 Grail Street in 2022. The home is part of the East End/ Valley Street neighborhood, Asheville’s oldest Black neighborhood which was severely impacted by redlining and Urban Renewal in the 20th century. The historic infrastructure along Grail Street is remarkably in-tact, so preserving the remaining historic features of the neighborhood is especially critical to protecting the neighborhood’s unique character.
This program will chronicle the more than two year process of purchasing and rehabilitating the home, and ensuring that the building remains permanently protected. Executive Director Jessie Landl, joined by general contractor John Olup, will discuss the victories and challenges of taking on such a sweeping rehabilitation project.
Join us on March 20th at 5:30pm for a presentation at Hopkins AME Zion Church.
Tours of the home will be offered the following Saturday, March 22nd from 1-5pm.
We can’t wait to share the incredible progress that this team has made turning this so called “tear-down” into a desirable family home!
April Education Program
Public Historian Emily Cadmus will join us on April 10th to discuss her recent publication, Buncombe Origins: The Making of Asheville and Buncombe County.
Edited by Cadmus and Katherine Calhoun Cutshall of Buncombe County Special Collections, “Buncombe Origins is a new, engaging, and accessible history of Asheville and Buncombe County. From colonization to the Civil Rights Movement — Buncombe Origins is an ‘unflinching examination’ of history in the 828.”
Join us April 10th at 5:30pm – Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church (47 Eagle St.)
