W. O. Wolfe House

Contributors:

J. M. Westall, builder

Dates:

1890

Location:

Asheville, Buncombe County

Street Address:

92 Woodfin St., Asheville, NC

Status:

No longer standing

Type:

Residential

Note:

Built for W. O. Wolfe, this was the house where his son Thomas Wolfe was born. In 1906, the 6-year-old boy moved with his mother, Julia, to the boarding house on Spruce Street which she operated and where he grew up and used as a setting for his novels. The house on Spruce Street is preserved and open to the public as a State Historic Site.