Stories from the
Gray Rock Inn
The History of Asheville’s Windsor Hotel
The Windsor Hotel, located within an early 1900s building at 36 Broadway, was once a residential inn.
1952: Dancing Like No One Has Ever Seen to Music No One has Ever Heard
Joey spends an evening skating at Asheville’s Skateland Rollerdome where she meets choreographer Merce Cunningham.
How to submit stories to the Gray Rock Inn Writing Project
The Gray Rock Inn Writing Project seeks authors, journalists, and writers to craft short stories based on the Inn’s history.
Asheville History: Flora McDonald Sorrell
For many years, the Inn at 100 Main Street was known as Flora Sorrell’s Boarding House after the woman who ran it.
Asheville History: Seely Castle / Overlook Mansion
Overlook Mansion is a 20,000 square foot English Gothic-style castle constructed by Fred Seely in the 1930s.
1917: Glory Hancock
Madelon Hancock had joined the war effort with the British Red Cross barely two weeks after the war began, three long years ago.