Thomas Wolfe Memorial

Author Thomas Wolfe left an indelible mark on American letters.  His mother's boardinghouse in Asheville, NC, the "Old Kentucky Home," has become one of literatures' most famous landmarks.  In his epic autobiographical novel, Look Homeward, Angel, Wolfe immortalized the rambling Victorian structure as "Dixieland."  A classic of American literature, Look Homeward, Angel, has never gone out of print since its publication in 1929, keeping interest in Wolfe alive and attracting thousands of visitors annually to the setting for this great novel.

Today, the rooms of the "Old Kentucky Home" contain furnishings that permanently symbolize the daily routine of life in both fact and fiction.  Wolfe intuitively assessed the true significance of his childhood home in his novel Of Time and the River (1935) in which he wrote how his mother's "dilapidated old house had now become a fit museum."  The house is preserved almost intact, with original Wolfe furnishings kept very much the way it appeared when Thomas Wolfe lived there.

Hours of Operation
April 1 – October 31:   Tuesday – Saturday 9am – 5pm
November 1 – March 31: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm

Admission Fees   
$1 per adult and $0.50 per student.
*Prices are subject to change without notice & from what is listed on this website.

Location 
52 N. Market St.
Asheville, NC 28801
828-253-8304
http://www.wolfememorial.com/