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Nov 14 2018 @ 2:55 PM – Jan 5 2019 @ 3:55 PM
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Open Wednesdays through Fridays 10am to 4pm. Allow about an hour for your tour. Enjoy a visit a Victorian Christmas in the 1840s through the 1890s. Each exhibit room is decorated with vintage and reproduction[...]
Smith-McDowell House
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Nov 17 @ 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
10:30 AM
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The Crafty Historian loves vintage Christmas tree decorations! Join her for a morning of crafty fun making 2 (maybe three) vintage style ornaments. Lovely tassels hanging from a wooden thread spool, a paper star sewn[...]
Smith-McDowell House
Nov
17
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Nov 17 @ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
4:00 PM
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The Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) is pleased to announce the selection of the 63rd winner of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award.  This year the winner of the Award is Charles Frazier for[...]
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Charles Frazier Wins 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award for Varina

The Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) is pleased to announce the selection of the 63rd winner of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award.  This year the winner of the Award is Charles Frazier for his novel, Varina. In making the award the...
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2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award Finalists Announced: Award Presentation to be held November 17th at Renaissance Asheville Hotel

  The Wolfe Award Committee has been hard at work for several months and will soon announce the winner of the 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award! The prestigious award was originated by the Louis Lipinsky family and is now also supported by the WNC...
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We Welcome Jesse Edgerton as Director of Programs

The Western North Carolina Historical Association is extremely pleased to welcome Jesse Edgerton as our director of programs. If Jesse looks familiar, it is because he served as manager of the Smith-McDowell House Museum for several years. Jesse was instrumental in...
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