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The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (BMCM+AC) was founded in 1993 to honor and pay tribute to the spirit and history of Black Mountain College and to acknowledge the College's role as a forerunner in progressive, interdisciplinary...
Architecture -- North Carolina -- Asheville; Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Asheville (N.C.) -- Photographs
Exterior view of Lawrence Hall. A four story wood frame building on Asheville College campus. 1940-1942 occupied by what is now UNCA. Area now site of Memorial Mission Hospital.
Architecture -- North Carolina -- Asheville; Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Asheville (N.C.) -- Photographs
Front exterior view of a three story wood frame building on Asheville College campus. This building was a dormitory. The site is now occupied by Memorial Mission Hospital.
Asheville (N.C.) -- History ; Architecture -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Asheville (N.C.) -- Photographs
Exertior front view of Lawrence Hall at the Asheville Normal School. Front lawn in foreground. Car parked at entrance to building. The school underwent numerous name changes. 1940-1942 occupied by Asheville-Biltmore College (what is now UNCA). Area...
Architecture -- North Carolina -- Asheville; Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Asheville (N.C.) -- Photographs
Side exterior view of three story brick building on Asheville College campus. This building was used to hold classes. The site is now occupied by Memorial Mission Hospital.
Asheville (N.C.) -- History ; Architecture -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Asheville (N.C.) -- Photographs
Front exterior of Lawrence Hall at Asheville Normal School. The building had a long front porch on the first floor and two fire escapes. The school underwent numerous name changes. 1940-1942 occupied by Ashevile Biltmore College. Area now the site...
Asheville (N.C.) -- History ; Architecture -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Asheville ; Asheville (N.C.) -- Photographs
Exterior view of Asheville Female College. Copy of a photograph. The College was founded in 1842 as the Holston Methodist Female College located on Patton Avenue. It later moved to Oak Street in 1856.
View of Patton Avenue College Street, and Haywood Street from the Paragon Building. Sign for Walk-Over Shoes in lower right. Buildings (R to L): Bon Marche (#34 Haywood Street), Fater's (#16), Young's Men's Shop (#18) and the Postal, Telegraph &...
View of Patton Avenue looking west from the intersection with Haywood Street. Pritchard Park in right foreground. On College Street (R to L): Talman Book Center, Kiddies Band Box, Karr Jewelers, Talman office Supply, Nancy-Hunter China Shop, and...
Four story brick building on Asheville College campus--Florence Stephenson Hall. Lawn chairs and bushes in foreground. Later site of Memorial Mission Hospital, razed 1982. Classicical arcitecture
Brevard (N.C.) -- Buildings ; Architecture -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County -- Photographs ; Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Brevard ; Brevard College (Brevard, N.C.)
In 1909, the property was purchased by the Women's Home Missionary Society and renamed the Brevard Institute. Its early curriculum included music, business, and domestic science. The institute closed during the Great Depression, yet reopened on...
View looking west down Patton Avenue bus lane at Pritchard Park. Businesses on College Street in background (R to L): Talmans Book Center (#14), Kiddie's Band Box (#12), Karr Jewelers (#10, Talman office Supply (#8), Nancy-Hunter China Shop (#6),...
View looking west down Patton Avenue bus lane at Pritchard Park. Businesses on College Street in background (R to L): Talmans Book Center (#14), Kiddie's Band Box (#12), Karr Jewelers (#10, Talman office Supply (#8), Nancy-Hunter China Shop (#6),...
Brevard (N.C.) -- Buildings ; Architecture -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County -- Photographs ; Historic buildings -- North Carolina -- Brevard ; Brevard College (Brevard, N.C.)
The foundation was orignially run by Epworth Institute from 1895 to 1909 when the Women's Home Missionary Society purchased the property and renamed it the Brevard Institute. Desks in rows. With magnification, a schedule of classes can be read...