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Thomas Wolfe Memorial Review
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Thomas Wolfe Memorial 
- Address: 52 Market St., Downtown, Asheville, NC | Map It
- Phone: 828/253-8304
- www.wolfememorial.com
- Category: Houses/Mansions, Memorials/Monuments
- Location: Asheville
Fodor's Review:
Asheville's most famous son, novelist Thomas Wolfe (1900-38), grew up in a 29-room Queen Anne-style home that his mother ran as a boardinghouse. The house, a state historic site, was badly damaged in a 1998 fire (a still-unsolved case of arson); it reopened in mid-2004 following a painstaking $2.4 million renovation. Though about one-fourth of the furniture and artifacts were lost in the fire, the house -- memorialized as "Dixieland" in Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel -- has been restored to its original 1916 condition, including a light canary yellow paint on the exterior. You'll find a visitor center and many displays, and there are guided tours of the house and heirloom gardens.
- Cost: $1
- Open: Apr.-Oct., Tues.-Sat. 9-5, Sun. 1-5; Nov.-Mar., Tues.-Sat. 10-4, Sun. 1-4
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