Interest in the collection and preservation of West Asheville history has been ongoing since the 1990s thanks to the support of many community members, the West Asheville Branch Library, the NC Room/Buncombe County Special Collections at Pack Memorial Library, the West Asheville History Museum, UNC Asheville, North Carolina Humanities, the West Asheville Business Association, and others for many years.
Why WestAshevilleHistory.org?
This site was born from collaborative brainstorming and a desire to make the vast collections of information about West Asheville available in an interactive way that directly associates historic places and people to existing locations in West Asheville.
We also saw this as an opportunity to engage new audiences and expand existing collections by actively asking for contributions from the community.
This site is designed to grow with our community and provide a way to share the moments in history that help define West Asheville—past, present, and future.
