Friday, August 05, 2016 / Published in Buildings, Events, Local History, Photograph Collection, Post Card Collection

John Rogers and the Red Cornice on the Haywood Park Hotel

But first some history. E. W. Grove built the new Bon Marche department store for Solomon Lipinsky; architect/designer was W. L. Stoddart, an architect from New York City. Lipinsky had founded the store in Asheville in 1889. The Bon Marche later moved into a new building across the street at 33 Haywood in 1936 (now the
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