Stories from the
Gray Rock Inn
2016: True Love Says Goodbye
Two guests come to the Gray Rock Inn for a parting of ways. Sharon leaves for Europe to study abroad for a year. Eric stays for work in Asheville.
1975: Hogan’s Watch Repair Shop
A Vietnam veteran hopes to reconnect with family history by repairing an antique watch at a mysterious shop in downtown Asheville.
1928: The Doll Sanatorium
In 1928, Catesby Wythe and her mother escape a family scandal in South Carolina and reinvent themselves in Asheville.
1925: The Asheville Sessions
In 1925, brother and sister musicians Walt and Liza travel to Asheville for the Okeh Records recording session at the Vanderbilt Hotel.
2014: The Possibility of Joy
In 2014 Patti Dallas visited Asheville and stayed at The Gray Rock Inn. A year later she returned as a long-term guest.
1937: Joe Williams
Joe Williams, a worker with the Works Progress Administration, calls home to hear the news about his Uncle Frank.