“I remember Asheville in the days when the Courthouse occupied the Square, centered about the Vance Monument,” writes Edwin Bedford Jeffress.
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“I remember Asheville in the days when the Courthouse occupied the Square, centered about the Vance Monument,” writes Edwin Bedford Jeffress.
One cold and dreary, filled with demolition debris. The other: warm and sunny with a new courthouse annex nearing completion. (Photos by Bill Rhodes)