Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site

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The Thomas Wolfe Memorial is devoted to interpreting the life, literature and times of Thomas Wolfe through the use of his mother's boardinghouse and his novel, Look Homeward, Angel.

09/14/2026

Our first Fall Riverside Cemetery tour kicks off this Saturday morning at 10am!

We hope you can join us for our walk through the cemetery as we discuss the folks that influenced Wolfe’s life and writings.

The tour will begin at the front gate of Riverside Cemetery. Parking is available along Birch Street and near the gate. Plan for a two-hour leisurely paced tour!

Get your tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/thomas-wolfes-buried-lives-a-riverside-cemetery-tour-2

📣WE WANT YOUR USED WOLFE BOOKS (or books about Wolfe)!If you're purging your libraries, we'll happily accept donations h...
09/12/2026

📣WE WANT YOUR USED WOLFE BOOKS (or books about Wolfe)!

If you're purging your libraries, we'll happily accept donations here at the Memorial for our annual used book sale! Anything Wolfe or Wolfe-adjacent, please!

Notice- The Thomas Wolfe Memorial will be closing at 12pm on Saturday, September 12th. We apologize for any inconvenienc...
09/10/2026

Notice- The Thomas Wolfe Memorial will be closing at 12pm on Saturday, September 12th. We apologize for any inconvenience! Normal business hours will resume on Tuesday, September 15th.

This DOES NOT impact our guided downtown walking tour scheduled that morning at 10am.

Pick an emoji and follow the line to see which Thomas Wolfe Memorial artifact you get (then come see us for real to see ...
09/08/2026

Pick an emoji and follow the line to see which Thomas Wolfe Memorial artifact you get (then come see us for real to see it in person)!
🍒- Cherry Stoner (cherry pitter), located in the kitchen of the Old Kentucky Home
🛏 - "Jail Cell" bed, from the tiny upstairs boardinghouse bedroom.
📘- Throughout the house, the Memorial has displayed many of the Wolfe Family books
🪦- Displayed in the Memorial's exhibit hall, a collection of Thomas Wolfe's father's stonecutting tools and a small carved gravestone.
🚽- Despite the addition of indoor plumbing, chamber pots were still commonly used at this time, especially considering the high volume of boarders in the business.

Give us your best Wolfe!
09/04/2026

Give us your best Wolfe!

Did you know it's ? We're giving a shoutout to Asheville's famous Jackson Building! Completed 102 years ago in 1924, th...
09/03/2026

Did you know it's ? We're giving a shoutout to Asheville's famous Jackson Building! Completed 102 years ago in 1924, the neo-gothic style building was WNC's first skyscraper.

The Jackson Building's footprint sits on a small lot only 27x60 feet, where Thomas Wolfe's father, WO Wolfe, first had his stonecutting and monument shop. Wolfe's mother Julia sold the plot of land in 1920 to a Philip Moale before L.B. Jackson later purchased the plot and commissioned the building.

The Jackson Building is 15 stories and 140 feet tall, and was the tallest building in North Carolina at the time!



📸: 1) Jackson Building and Thomas Wolfe . 2) WO Wolfe's Monument Shop, ca late 1880s. 3) Jackson Building under construction, courtesy of the E.M. Ball collection.

“August ended . . . Something had gone out of the day, something was fading from the sun . . . a sense of something wani...
09/01/2026

“August ended . . . Something had gone out of the day, something was fading from the sun . . . a sense of something waning rapidly, just the spirit yet, warm sunlight still by day, but something going, fading, going, a premonitory sadness in the soul.”
- Thomas Wolfe, The Web and the Rock.

📸: Courtesy of Buncombe County Special Collections, by H. George Zellers, published by Aerial Photography Services, Inc. 145 Tunnel Road

Address

52 N Market Street
Asheville, NC
28801

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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+18282538304

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