Asheville
Urban Trail

Location #1 - Walk Into History

Walk Into History
 
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This jump off station recognizes, via plaque, the original unfolding of Pack Square where the first log courthouse of the city stood in 1893.  Nearby, between Vance Monument and Pack Fountain, 80 bricks engraved with names and messages give testament to donor support for the creation of the Urban Trail.

Urban Trail Locations

two pig statues

Here you'll stand on the bed of a road (the Buncombe Turnpike) that was once traveled by Native Americans and, later, by…

Bronzed hat, cane, & gloves on a bench

A top hat, cane and gloves, cast in bronze, recall the theaters and the Grand Opera House that once flourished along…

Bronze pocket watch

Former resident Sydney Porter is celebrated with visual cues from his short masterpiece The Gift of the Magi.

Victorian frieze

The plaque at Station #5 draws attention to the Victorian frieze work along the front of the Drhumor Building (1895).

Elizabeth Blackwell - Urban Trail

A bench with a bower of medicinal herbs (created by Joe Miller) honors Asheville resident Elizabeth Blackwell, the first…

S&W Building

This stop pays homage to the 1929 S&W Building.

Copy of Flat Iron Architecture

Turn the corner and you'll discover a fabulously large iron, a replica of one used by a local laundry (artist: Reed…