Looking Backwards at Asheville and Buncombe County

Warner Building, All Soul's Cathedral

September 25, 1996

"One has to know what can be answered with wisdom from the past and be aware of what new learning will be required"-Ronald Heifetz

8:30     Coffee and muffins

8:45     Last 100 Years in Asheville/Buncombe County
              Rob Neufeld, librarian

10:15    All Soul's Cathedral
              Martha Fullington, architectural historian

10:45    Break

11:00    Preserving Archeologically Significant Sites in WNC
              Mark Barrett, reporter, Asheville Citizens Times

11:45    At the Museum
              Mary Hyde, Co-Chair, Biltmore Village Historic Museum

12:30    Lunch

1:15      Biltmore Village: Commercial Historic District and Microcasm of County
              Harry Weiss, Director, Preservation Society

            Walking tour of the Village

3:00     Putting It All Together
             Group Processing

Suggested activities:

           Urban Trail

           Smith McDowell House, 283 Victoria Road (10-4 T-S, 1-4 Sun) $3.00

           YMI Cultural Center, Market & Eagle Streets

           Vance Homestead, Reems Creek Road, Weaverville (9-5 M-S, 1-5 Sun) Free

           Thomas Wolfe House, Woodfin Street (9-5 M-S, 1-5 Sun) Fee

           Pack Memorial Library, Carolina Collection photographs

           Biltmore Village Historic Museum (1-4:30 M-S)

Special thanks to Doug Lowery and Talmadge Neece (LAS IX)