Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, NC, 1909
- Subject
- Hotels & Inns
- Card type
- Lithograph
About this postcard
The Battery Park Hotel dominates a landscaped lawn in Asheville, North Carolina. The Queen Anne-style resort has red brick and yellow clapboard walls, a domed corner turret, tall chimneys, gables, and a central tower, with walks, shrubs, and a pergola laid out in front. Colonel Frank Coxe opened the original hotel in 1886 on the site of a Civil War earthwork, and it became Asheville's grand resort; George Vanderbilt is said to have stayed there while Biltmore House was under construction. The wooden building was torn down in 1924 and replaced by a larger brick hotel on the same site.
Postcard Details
Amesbury Highlands, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Asheville, NC |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Hugh C. Leighton Co. |
| Series | N°1502. |
| Condition | Fair |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte S. Hawket, Amesbury, Highlands, MA |
| Place mentioned | Frankfort o/Main, Germany |
| Publisher | The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Stamp | postage due Abraham Lincoln, green, issued 1930 |
| Notes | Wide white margin at right for the message (undivided-back era); heavy black speckling/staining across the sky; handwritten message on the front. Postmark: ASHEVILLE N.C. NOV 27 2-30 PM 1909. Undivided back with "This side is for the address."; green "Post Card." heading; Hugh C. Leighton Co. imprint No. 1502; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light toning and edge wear. |
Cite this card
Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, NC, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/battery-park-hotel-asheville-nc-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.