Overflow of French Broad in an industrialized area of Asheville. Caused by the coincidence of two hurricanes that drenched the lands, the flood of 1916 caused millions of dollars worth of damage to bridges, roads, and other property throughout the...
Exterior view of Biltmore Village with Post Office on far left. Vanderbilt bought Asheville Junction and appointed Olmsted, Hunt, and Smith plan this community.
Lake Toxaway Boathouse. The Inn was a spectacular wooden structure surrounded by a wide veranda with the exception on the northern end. Lake Toxaway was the first Artificial lake created in the Appalachains.
Local architect Richard Sharp Smith designed the Vance Monument (granite obelisk) for Buncombe County native and Civil War governor Zebulon Baird Vance.
View of Lake Toxaway Inn from Lake Toxaway. The Inn was a spectacular wooden structure surrounded by a wide veranda with the exception on the northern end. Lake Toxaway was the first Artificial lake created in the Appalachains.
The Inn was a spectacular wooden structure surrounded by a wide veranda with the exception on the northern end. Lake Toxaway was the first Artificial lake created in the Appalachains.
