The Goodwin Building 2022 With the recent announcement that The Center for Women will be moving from its long-time location on East Jordan Street, there has been interest in

The Fred and Ethel Mills House on West Lane, Brevard NC  Anyone who has seen the stone wall surrounding the courthouse, the rock gate at the corner of Brevard College’s

  Elizabeth Adelaide Silversteen Van Wey Hill at her writing desk Many may be familiar with the influential Silversteen family due to the public park created from the donation of

  Lewis Summey’s mill at the top of Connestee Falls built just after the Civil War The Davis family line in Transylvania County began with David Davis, a Welsh immigrant

The ostrich races were advertised beforehand In July of 1935, the streets of downtown Brevard became the site for ostrich races by the Katharine Reid Ostrich Troupe. Six ostriches were

  The John Duckworth House South Caldwell Street in Brevard is the site for the most prominent example of Queen Anne style architecture in Transylvania County. The John Duckworth House,

Will Chappell, Mountain Fiddler Born on December 25, 1849 in Pickens, SC, William Martin Chappell was a longtime resident of the “Auger Hole” area of Transylvania county near the upper

Ad from the December 20, 1971 Transylvania Times describing prizes for the first baby born in 1972. In 1972 a partnership of local businesses including the Transylvania Times sponsored a

  Dr. E. Gaine Cannon, founder of Albert Schweitzer Memorial Hospital Dr. Edward Gaine Cannon (1900-1966) was a Transylvania native who followed in the footsteps of his physician father by

  The Austin Family outside their shop at the East Main Street location, mid-1940s. From left to right: Mildred, Bill Jr., Joan, William, Jeannette, and Pat. Austin’s Art Shop operated