Saturday, March 14, 2015 / Published in Architectural Drawing Collection, Architecture, Buildings, Local History

Rendering, Unbuilt project, N Pack Square-Asheville

After last week’s post about Douglas Ellington’s drawing for a city auditorium, Asheville architect Jim Samsel, with an interest in buildings that didn’t get built, brought our attention to this 16-story building also designed by Douglas Ellington, and also never built.  The site location is at Pack Square next to the Langren Hotel, the current location of the  Akzona-Biltmore
Monday, September 01, 2014 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Events, Friends of the NC Room, Houses, Local Heroes and Heroines, Local History, Manuscript Collection, Photograph Collection

“Let’s Talk About Anthony Lord” Presentation: A Glimpse at What Was Told

The Friends of the North Carolina Room sponsored a presentation, “Let’s Talk About Anthony Lord” on Thursday, August 28, 2014. Seventy-five people attended the event and got to know more about Lord’s life, profession, his many avocations and the effect his life had on Asheville. It is a hard task to recount what five close