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The Thomas Wolfe Memorial located in Asheville, NC

52 North Market Street
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 253-8304

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  • October 2025

  • Sat 4
    October 4 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Thomas Wolfe’s Buried Lives: A Special Evening Tour of Riverside Cemetery

    Riverside Cemetery Asheville, NC, United States

    In celebration of Thomas Wolfe’s 125th Birthday, join us for a SPECIAL EVENING TOUR of Riverside Cemetery where guests will also encounter a handful of characters from beyond the grave. […]

    $10
  • Sat 11
    October 11 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

    Look Homeward, Asheville: A Downtown Walking Tour Through Thomas Wolfe’s Eyes

    Step into the world of Thomas Wolfe with this guided walking tour through downtown Asheville- Wolfe’s hometown and the vivid backdrop for his (in)famous novel Look Homeward, Angel. The tour […]

    $10
  • Sat 25
    October 25 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

    Look Homeward, Asheville: A Downtown Walking Tour Through Thomas Wolfe’s Eyes

    Step into the world of Thomas Wolfe with this guided walking tour through downtown Asheville- Wolfe’s hometown and the vivid backdrop for his (in)famous novel Look Homeward, Angel. The tour […]

    $10
  • Sat 25
    October 25 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    From Death to Mourning: Spiritual Journeys of the Wolfe Family

    The Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 North Market Street, Asheville, NC, United States

    Join us for this intimate, open-house style tour of the Old Kentucky Home as we explore how the Wolfe Family grappled with death, spiritualism, and mysteries of the beyond. Discover […]

  • December 2025

  • Sat 13
    December 13 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Home for the Holidays: A Victorian Holiday Open House of the Old Kentucky Home

    The Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 North Market Street, Asheville, NC, United States

    Join us for this special after-hours open house of the Old Kentucky Home as we explore Victorian Holiday traditions of the time period. Come see the home all dressed up […]

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The Old Kentucky Home in Downtown Asheville
The Old Kentucky Home, located in historic Downtown Asheville, NC

Originally a seven-room family home built in 1883, the Queen Anne Victorian home grew into a 29 room boardinghouse, owned and operated by Thomas Wolfe’s entrepreneurial mother Julia throughout most of its tenure. Serving as young Thomas’ childhood home and then later as the backdrop for his deeply autobiographical first novel, Look Homeward, Angel, the boardinghouse first opened to the public as a Memorial in 1949. The State of North Carolina purchased the historic house and property in 1975, and today it is one of 28 North Carolina State Historic Sites within the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.


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Julia Wolfe posing in front of the Do-Drop-Inn

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52 North Market St.
Asheville, NC 28801

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Julia Wolfe posing in front of the Do-Drop-Inn — Asheville, 1942

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The Thomas Wolfe Memorial located in Asheville, NC

Historic Victorian Home in Downtown Asheville, NC

52 North Market Street
Asheville, NC 28801

(828) 253-8304

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