by John Senechal | Feb 24, 2023 | Timeline Stories
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Jen Sparks walked across the street with a spring in her step. She imagined she had dragon’s wings, and they spread as she turned and...
by Alli Marshall | Feb 13, 2023 | Timeline Stories
The city of Asheville’s story includes a number of historic residential hotels, such as the Gray Rock Inn and Old Kentucky Home (the boarding house run by Julia Wolfe, mother of the novelist Thomas Wolfe). One especially interesting and storied building is that of the...
by Hannah Epperson | Oct 29, 2022 | Timeline Stories
Glory Hancock and wounded soldiers As it happened, Madelon was home on leave April 6, 1917, the day the US entered the Great War. She wondered about the reaction of her fellow nurses in the field hospital just behind the front lines in Belgium. Elation, perhaps, at...
by John Senechal | Oct 26, 2022 | Timeline Stories
After this picture was taken, the rest of the railroad bridge fell into the flood waters. “I don’t know what to do.” Martha said to Jan. “Well, you have to go back. That much you know already. Doesn’t a lot depend on how Randall reacts?” Jan’s eyebrows were lowered...
by John Senechal | Oct 11, 2022 | Timeline Stories
The Evolution From Historic Boarding House to Affordable Housing KEVIN SPARGO PHOTOS In 2001, I took on a rehab project that featured energy retrofits, historic restoration, and affordable housing. At the time, the building at 100 Biltmore Ave. was falling apart and...
