Buncombe County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn and built between 1924 and 1928. It is a 17-story, steel frame skyscraper sheathed in brick and ashlar veneer. It features complex setbacks and an extravagant overlay of Neo-Classical Revival ornament. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District. Wikipedia

Buncombe County was carved out of a magnificent mountain landscape etched by indigenous trails and scattered settlements. The bill creating the county was ratified on January 14, 1792.

In 1793, the county’s first official courthouse, a jail and stocks were built at the west end of what is now Pack Square. The small log structure marked the county seat, later named Asheville, and was the first of six courthouses located on the square. Until the end of the Civil War, slave auctions were typically held on the courthouse steps. Historical Marker Database

Asheville’s Art Scene

The picture above is in Pack Square Park but Asheville has an entire district dedicated to the arts, River Arts District. The River Arts District in Asheville, North Carolina is an area of former industrial buildings located near the French Broad River, along Riverside Drive east of Interstate 240. Numerous artists have moved into the area and produce and display their works.  Wikipedia

Asheville Food

According to data from the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, 123 full-service restaurants do business in zip code 28801, an area of just more than 5 square miles with a year-round population of roughly 15,000. That means there’s one “sit-down” restaurant for every 122 people. Citizens Times