Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site
History Museum
Why pick this one
Thomas Wolfe Memorial offers guided tours of the Old Kentucky Home, the boardinghouse featured in Look Homeward, Angel.
Best for
- Visitors interested in Thomas Wolfe and American literary history
- Exploring an early-20th-century Victorian boardinghouse in downtown Asheville
- K-12 educational field trips with free guided tours
- Self-guided literary walking tours of downtown Asheville
- Students interested in an annual writing competition
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors unavailable Tuesday through Saturday because the site is closed Sunday and Monday
- People seeking a general-interest history museum unrelated to Thomas Wolfe or Asheville literary history
Specialties
- Thomas Wolfe literary history
- Old Kentucky Home boardinghouse tours
- Thomas Wolfe-themed downtown Asheville walking tour
- student writing competition
What makes them different
- Located in Thomas Wolfe's childhood boardinghouse, the Old Kentucky Home
- Offers guided house tours Tuesday through Saturday at half past each hour
- Provides free guided tours for public, private, and registered home-school K-12 groups
- Provides a Wolfe-themed downtown Asheville walking tour called From Cradle to Grave
- Hosts an annual Student Writing Competition with cash prizes and award certificates
- Serves
- Asheville
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 52 N Market St, Asheville, NC 28801
- Phone
- +18282538304
- Website
- http://www.wolfememorial.com/
Services
- guided historic house tours
- educational programs
- student research activities
- teacher resources
- self-guided downtown walking tour
- special events