Around Biltmore Village: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Autor Bill Alexanderen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2008
included more than 40 residences, a business district, a church, a school, and a hospital. It was centrally located among the developing towns of Victoria, Kenilworth, South Biltmore, and later Biltmore Forest. It characterized the elegance and prosperity of the building booms that flourished in the south Asheville area before and after both world wars.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780738568539
ISBN-10: 0738568538
Pagini: 127
Dimensiuni: 163 x 231 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Seria Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
ISBN-10: 0738568538
Pagini: 127
Dimensiuni: 163 x 231 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Editura: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Seria Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Descriere
More than a century ago, George W. Vanderbilt transformed the sleepy crossroads settlement known as Best, or Asheville Junction, on the Swannanoa River into an idyllic model village near the entrance to his vast Biltmore Estate near Asheville. The initial concepts and design for Biltmore Village were the collaborative efforts of Vanderbilt, architect Richard Morris Hunt, and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The finished village
included more than 40 residences, a business district, a church, a school, and a hospital. It was centrally located among the developing towns of Victoria, Kenilworth, South Biltmore, and later Biltmore Forest. It characterized the elegance and prosperity of the building booms that flourished in the south Asheville area before and after both world wars.
included more than 40 residences, a business district, a church, a school, and a hospital. It was centrally located among the developing towns of Victoria, Kenilworth, South Biltmore, and later Biltmore Forest. It characterized the elegance and prosperity of the building booms that flourished in the south Asheville area before and after both world wars.
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Title: Book Report: Around Biltmore Village
Author: Alli Marshall
Publisher: Mountain Xpress
Date: 1/22/2009
Though Around Biltmore Village (2008) by Bill Alexander has the initial look and feel of a history bookain the vein of fellow Arcadia Publishing release Ashevilleas River Arts Districtathereas more to the book than meets the eye. Or, perhaps more aptly, there is exactly that which meets the eye.
Iam referring to the bookas lovely cover image. In sepia tint, the always fashionable Edith Vanderbilt, ornate shawl clutched about her shoulders and cloche obscuring her eyes, smiles broadly as she strolls with a friend past the former Biltmore-Oteen Bank on Lodge St. At first glance this image is little more than charming: a slice of local history paired with minor celebrity. A nice picture, a pretty woman. But, in fact, itas the perfect introduction to Alexanderas book. Because, although this is the story of Biltmore Villageathe tourist-attracting row of shops culled, over a hundred years ago, from rutted dirt roads and farm landaitas also the story of the Vanderbilt family who fashioned the area.
aThe format of this book is intended to present only a glimpse into the captivating history of Biltmore Village, a writes Alexander in his intro. a...it was decided to focus mainly on the early history through the 1940s.a Like River Arts District, Biltmore Village is a photo scrap book with extensive captions telling not the whole story of the place, but offering up tantelizing morsels of history and glimpses simultaneously still present and all but vanished.
Hereas how that dichotomy works: The Smith-McDowell House, on the property of AB Tech, is stilllovingly maintained and available for all to visit. But who knew that the antebellum mansion, constructed in 1840, was built by aJames McConnell Smith, born on June 14, 1787, who is said to have been the first white child born west of the Blue Ridge in North Carolinaa?
Or that the wedge of land where Biltmore Village now sits (its wagon wheel of streets and stuccoed shops still linking Asheville back to the near-divine collaboration of architect Richard Sharp Smith and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead) was once a sleepy farming hamlet known as Best?
Alexander includes a faded image of Best, with its tidy clapboard I-houses, as it looked prior to being bought by millionaire George Vanderbilt. aAt the time, a the author writes of Vanderbiltas purchase, ahe had not envisioned that he would ultimately remove the scattered houses and buildings clustered around the railroad tracks along the river to make way for a model village of orderly streets with rental cottages, businesses, a church, and a school.a
Though Vanderbiltas acquisition and development of the Biltmore Estate and surrounding area is well-documented and tight-knit to the story of Asheville on the whole, the next section of photos in Biltmore Village conveys another more intimate tale. Here, Cornelia Vanderbilt entertains guests prior to her 1924 wedding to John Francis Amherst Cecil. Here, she attends a 1928 art exhibit in Kenilworth Galleries, athe largest show in the South at that time.a In a few words, all the fun of the 1920s, the opulence and glamor of the Vanderbilt family and the high mood of the time is conveyed.
Alexander notes that, Vanderbilt influence aside, by the late 1800sAsheville was racking up pet names such as aHealth-Seekeras Paradise, a aPoetas Dreama and aMadonna in the Mountains.a aAs a result of the areaas prosperity and wide acclaim, Kenilworth Inn and other establishments sometimes used the phrase aWhere Life Is Worthwhilea to make their advertisements more appealing, a the author notes.
Around Biltmore Village is a quick read, but the well-edited collection of photos and detailed description of the Victoria Road neighborhood, Kenilworth and Biltmore Forest are likely to inspire readers to undertake further research. Itas the kind of book that Asheville locals and fans will keep close at hand both for reference and to share intriguing facts with visitors.
Title: Book Review: Around Biltmore Village
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: The Laurel of Asheville
Date: January 2009
Around Biltmore Village, by local author Bill Alexander, has just been released by Arcadia Publishing as part of its popular series aImages of America.a The book chronicles the history of Biltmore Village with more than 200 vintage photographs.
Biltmore Village was built in the late 1890as near the entrance to George Vanderbiltas Biltmore Estate. It was one of the first planned mixed-use communities in the nation where people could live, play and work, with stores, a post office, and churches all easily accessible. Over the years, the village has become a famous destination for tourists, with a variety of retailers and fine restaurants lining the tree-shaded streets.
Alexander (for 30 years a horticulturist and historian of the Biltmore Estate) is also the author of The Biltmore Nursery: A Botanical Legacy, published in 2007 by The History Press. He is a native of Asheville and grew up near Biltmore Village, and says heas always had an avid interest in history, including that of his own family. Heas traced his familyas roots back to the founding of Buncombe County, including a fifth-great grandfather who was the countryas first sheriff.
In addition to providing valuable historical information, Alexander hopes Around Biltmore Village will help aevoke readersa memories of a special place and time in their own pasta]a Itas important, he says, for people ato preserve their heritage for their children and grandchildren through photographic images, journals, newspaper articles, oral histories and books.a
Around Biltmore Villageis $21.99 and a set of 15 postcards of images from the book is $7.99. For more information, visit arcadiapublshing.com.
Author: Alli Marshall
Publisher: Mountain Xpress
Date: 1/22/2009
Though Around Biltmore Village (2008) by Bill Alexander has the initial look and feel of a history bookain the vein of fellow Arcadia Publishing release Ashevilleas River Arts Districtathereas more to the book than meets the eye. Or, perhaps more aptly, there is exactly that which meets the eye.
Iam referring to the bookas lovely cover image. In sepia tint, the always fashionable Edith Vanderbilt, ornate shawl clutched about her shoulders and cloche obscuring her eyes, smiles broadly as she strolls with a friend past the former Biltmore-Oteen Bank on Lodge St. At first glance this image is little more than charming: a slice of local history paired with minor celebrity. A nice picture, a pretty woman. But, in fact, itas the perfect introduction to Alexanderas book. Because, although this is the story of Biltmore Villageathe tourist-attracting row of shops culled, over a hundred years ago, from rutted dirt roads and farm landaitas also the story of the Vanderbilt family who fashioned the area.
aThe format of this book is intended to present only a glimpse into the captivating history of Biltmore Village, a writes Alexander in his intro. a...it was decided to focus mainly on the early history through the 1940s.a Like River Arts District, Biltmore Village is a photo scrap book with extensive captions telling not the whole story of the place, but offering up tantelizing morsels of history and glimpses simultaneously still present and all but vanished.
Hereas how that dichotomy works: The Smith-McDowell House, on the property of AB Tech, is stilllovingly maintained and available for all to visit. But who knew that the antebellum mansion, constructed in 1840, was built by aJames McConnell Smith, born on June 14, 1787, who is said to have been the first white child born west of the Blue Ridge in North Carolinaa?
Or that the wedge of land where Biltmore Village now sits (its wagon wheel of streets and stuccoed shops still linking Asheville back to the near-divine collaboration of architect Richard Sharp Smith and landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead) was once a sleepy farming hamlet known as Best?
Alexander includes a faded image of Best, with its tidy clapboard I-houses, as it looked prior to being bought by millionaire George Vanderbilt. aAt the time, a the author writes of Vanderbiltas purchase, ahe had not envisioned that he would ultimately remove the scattered houses and buildings clustered around the railroad tracks along the river to make way for a model village of orderly streets with rental cottages, businesses, a church, and a school.a
Though Vanderbiltas acquisition and development of the Biltmore Estate and surrounding area is well-documented and tight-knit to the story of Asheville on the whole, the next section of photos in Biltmore Village conveys another more intimate tale. Here, Cornelia Vanderbilt entertains guests prior to her 1924 wedding to John Francis Amherst Cecil. Here, she attends a 1928 art exhibit in Kenilworth Galleries, athe largest show in the South at that time.a In a few words, all the fun of the 1920s, the opulence and glamor of the Vanderbilt family and the high mood of the time is conveyed.
Alexander notes that, Vanderbilt influence aside, by the late 1800sAsheville was racking up pet names such as aHealth-Seekeras Paradise, a aPoetas Dreama and aMadonna in the Mountains.a aAs a result of the areaas prosperity and wide acclaim, Kenilworth Inn and other establishments sometimes used the phrase aWhere Life Is Worthwhilea to make their advertisements more appealing, a the author notes.
Around Biltmore Village is a quick read, but the well-edited collection of photos and detailed description of the Victoria Road neighborhood, Kenilworth and Biltmore Forest are likely to inspire readers to undertake further research. Itas the kind of book that Asheville locals and fans will keep close at hand both for reference and to share intriguing facts with visitors.
Title: Book Review: Around Biltmore Village
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: The Laurel of Asheville
Date: January 2009
Around Biltmore Village, by local author Bill Alexander, has just been released by Arcadia Publishing as part of its popular series aImages of America.a The book chronicles the history of Biltmore Village with more than 200 vintage photographs.
Biltmore Village was built in the late 1890as near the entrance to George Vanderbiltas Biltmore Estate. It was one of the first planned mixed-use communities in the nation where people could live, play and work, with stores, a post office, and churches all easily accessible. Over the years, the village has become a famous destination for tourists, with a variety of retailers and fine restaurants lining the tree-shaded streets.
Alexander (for 30 years a horticulturist and historian of the Biltmore Estate) is also the author of The Biltmore Nursery: A Botanical Legacy, published in 2007 by The History Press. He is a native of Asheville and grew up near Biltmore Village, and says heas always had an avid interest in history, including that of his own family. Heas traced his familyas roots back to the founding of Buncombe County, including a fifth-great grandfather who was the countryas first sheriff.
In addition to providing valuable historical information, Alexander hopes Around Biltmore Village will help aevoke readersa memories of a special place and time in their own pasta]a Itas important, he says, for people ato preserve their heritage for their children and grandchildren through photographic images, journals, newspaper articles, oral histories and books.a
Around Biltmore Villageis $21.99 and a set of 15 postcards of images from the book is $7.99. For more information, visit arcadiapublshing.com.
Notă biografică
A lifelong resident of Asheville, author Bill Alexander can trace his family roots to the organization of Buncombe County in 1792, when his fifth-great-grandfather was appointed as the first sheriff. Alexander grew up in the shadows of the Biltmore Estate and barely two miles from Biltmore Village. Employed by the estate for 30 years and in his current position as landscape and forest historian, he wrote his first book, The Biltmore Nursery: A Botanical Legacy, in 2007. Alexander has drawn from his wealth of knowledge from research of the Biltmore Estate's archives and various collections from North Carolina to Massachusetts, Florida, and California to publish Images of America: Around Biltmore Village.