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Grove Arcade

One Page Avenue
Asheville Buncombe County North Carolina 28801
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"The History of the Grove Arcade is generally conceded that the Arcade Building would do justice to a city many times the size of Asheville. It is by far the finest structure in the South and there are few, if any, finer in the entire country. -E.W. Grove
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Built by Dr. Edwin Wiley Grove between 1926 and 1929, the elaborate, Tudoresque building occupies a full city block with glazed terra cotta covering its reinforced concrete and steel structure.
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Landmark Trivia

  • After undergoing extensive renovations, the Grove Arcade reopened in 2002 as a public market with several restaurants, fresh and prepared food vendors and mountain craft shops.
  • Dr. Grove planned a skyscraper tower to rise from the center of the Arcade Building, but it was never built.
  • During WWII the Arcade Building was occupied and modified by the Federal government and eventually housed the National Climatic Data Center until the 1990s.

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