Early moving or motion picture shows were first presented in Brevard in 1907 by W.M. Bradley and Company.  Bradley offered moving pictures during the summer

For many years Patterson’s and Plummer’s Department Stores were fixtures on West Main Street in downtown Brevard. Plummer’s Department Store on West Main, 1941  Henry

South Broad St., early 1920s. Comparing an early 1920s photograph of the buildings on the west side of South Broad St. with photos from 1940,

The Aethelwold Hotel shortly after completion.  Around 1900 John McMinn built the Aethelwold Hotel on the corner of Main and Broad streets in the center

Over the next several weeks Picturing the Past will look at downtown Brevard—its development, what’s changed, and what hasn’t.  When the town was originally laid

A & P Food Stores, South Broad St. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company began in 1859 as tea and coffee stores in New

Barn, photo courtesy of Dan Bennett. The barn is the only remaining outbuilding on the farm that Benjamin Allison, William Deaver and Carl & Mae

William Deaver was born September 9, 1794.  As a teenager he was apprenticed to his grandfather, Andrew Miller, after the death of his parents.  He

Sketch of the west facing side of Benjamin Allison’s home. The Allison-Deaver House reflects the lives of two men and two builders—Benjamin Allison and William

“Old Deaver House” purchased by the Transylvania County Historical Society in 1987. In 1987 the “Old Deaver House” was to be torn down to make