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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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  • June 2016

  • Thu 9

    Thomas Wolfe Short Story Book Club

    June 9, 2016 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
    The Thomas Wolfe Memorial 52 North Market Street, Asheville, NC, United States

    “Return of the Prodigal” discussion led Dale Neal. If you’ve ever been interesting in reading more of Thomas Wolfe’s writings, but may have been put off by the length of […]

  • Sat 25

    Writers at Wolfe with Terry Roberts

    June 25, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

    Terry Robert’s latest novel, based on true events, is set in the summer of 1866, a year after the Civil War has ended. That Bright Land is the story of Jacob Ballard, […]

  • July 2016

  • Sat 16

    Writers at Wolfe with Christine Hale

    July 16, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

    Christine Hale is a graduate of Warren Wilson College and teaches at the Great Smokies Writing Program. Her latest book A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice: A Memoir […]

  • August 2016

  • Sat 20

    Writers at Wolfe with Tommy Hays

    August 20, 2016 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

    Tommy Hays’ novel, What I Came to Tell You, is an award winning fiction for Middle School readers, but is a joy for readers ages 10 to 100. Since his […]

  • October 2016

  • Sat 1

    Thomas Wolfe’s 116th Birthday Celebration

    October 1, 2016 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

    Free Tours for North Carolina Residents, book sale and author signing.

  • Wed 5

    Snapshots of History: Thomas Wolfe’s Asheville

    October 5, 2016 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

    Join a panel discussion about teaching history in Wolfe’s works. Lord Auditorium of Pack Memorial Library

  • Thu 13

    Dramatic Reading: Conversations with Wolfe’s Parents

    October 13, 2016 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

    Free. Sponsored by the Wilma Dykeman Legacy.

  • Sat 15

    Thomas Wolfe 8K

    October 15, 2016 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Begins at the Memorial, sponsored by the Asheville Track Club. Registration fee for runners.

  • Sat 22

    “Tell Our Tales” Student Writing Competition Award Ceremony

    October 22, 2016 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Registration but Free

  • November 2016

  • Thu 10

    Dramatic Reading: Letters to and from Wolfe’s Women

    November 10, 2016 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

    Free. Sponsored by the Wilma Dykeman Legacy

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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 — 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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