Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Mar 28The House at 92 Woodfin: Spoiler Alert- It Was Julia’s House All AlongBy late 1879/early 1880, William Oliver Wolfe (WO) moved from Raleigh to Asheville with his second wife, Cynthia Hill. Cynthia suffered…
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Feb 21A ‘Terrible and Beautiful’ Business: Wolfe Witnesses ChildbirthIn July of 1927, Wolfe visited old UNC classmate and fraternity brother Dr. J. Donald MacRae, who was interning at the Manhattan Maternity…
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Jun 25, 2025Thomas Wolfe and the Lost CauseIt is a primary goal of the Memorial to keep Wolfe’s writings alive. We are actively working to tackle many topics, including those of a…
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Jun 5, 2025Look Homeward, Landmark!Tucked into the heart of downtown Asheville at 48 Spruce Street stands a house that might look ordinary at first glance with its gabled…
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Jan 12, 2023Thomas Wolfe’s Florida Memories“…he lay the night-long through within his berth, watching the shadowy and phantom South flash by, sleeping at length, and waking suddenly…
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Dec 21, 2022Young Thomas Wolfe’s Curls“…they were the symbol of his babyhood to her, and her sad heart, so keen in marking departures, refused to surrender them.” Look Homeward…
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Jul 6, 2022Charged with Fire: The Old Kentucky Home’s Coal Furnace“…the great chill tomb of Dixieland, particularly in winter, since Eliza was most sparing of coal.” — Look Homeward, Angel
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Jun 28, 2022Thomas Wolfe: Say That Again!Where was Thomas Wolfe on the evening of December 1st, 1937? Accounts vary about the party he attended in New York City, the argument that…
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·Jun 10, 2022Early Lighting in the Old Kentucky Home Boardinghouse“…he hated most at Dixieland — the dim fly-specked lights, the wretched progress about the house in search of warmth…” — Look Homeward…
Thomas Wolfe Memorial·May 6, 2022Thomas Wolfe’s Graduation“Four years later, when he was graduated, he had passed his adolescence, the kiss of love and death burned on his lips, and he was still a…
