This early photograph of the Clayton Hotel was use for the “Yesterday’s Places Today” photography contest. Over the course of the next five weeks Picturing

Old business and city directories provide a wealth of material for historical researchers and genealogists.  They offer a snapshot of neighborhoods and the larger community

Architect Erle Stillwell designed his first school while he was partners with Hans C. Meyer.  The drawings for the classroom building at Blue Ridge School

Erle Stillwell built a successful architectural design agency in the early 1900s.  However, like the businessmen he designed homes and businesses for Stillwell struggled to

Last week Picturing the Past featured the Brevard homes designed by Hendersonville architect Erle Stillwell in the early and mid-1900s.  Stillwell also designed a large

Erle Stillwell moved to Hendersonville as a young man in the early 1900s.  In January 1904 he invested in property near Laurel Park.  Over the

This large carved headstone is unmarked. Old Toxaway Baptist Church is located four miles south of the town of Rosman.  The church was established in

Grave marker of Clayton and Sarah Gillespie. In 1907 H. Clayton Gillespie established the Gillespie Cemetery Company to provide a public burying place in Brevard. 

As NASA expanded its space exploration and satellite program a network to track satellites and the data they collected also developed.  There were Minitrack Stations

B.C. Lankford The Oak Grove Cemetery on the Asheville Highway across from Blue Ridge Community College is the burial place of two men who played