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52 North Market Street
Asheville, NC 28801
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Welcome to the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site

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Hours of Operation

9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday – Saturday
Sunday & Monday: CLOSED
Closed State Holidays

Admission

House tours are offered daily at half past each hour. Last tour leaves at 4:30 pm.
Group tours by reservation.

Adult - $5.00
Student (ages 7-17) - $2.00
Adult Group (10+) - $2.50 each
Student Group - $2.00 each
6 & under - Free

Old Kentucky Home -The Thomas Wolfe Memorial

American Novelist Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938)

American Novelist Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938)

Considered by many to be one of the giants of 20th-century American literature, Thomas Wolfe immortalized his childhood home in his epic autobiographical novel, Look Homeward, Angel. Wolfe’s colorful portrayal of his family, his hometown of “Altamont” Asheville, North Carolina, and “Dixieland” the Old Kentucky Home boardinghouse, earned the Victorian period house a place as one of American literature’s most famous landmarks.

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From Cradle to Grave: Walking in Thomas Wolfe’s Shoes

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