Pack Square and Vance Monument, Asheville, NC, 1906
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1906 (Early)
About this postcard
View across Pack Square in Asheville, North Carolina, with the tall granite obelisk of the Vance Monument at the center behind a circular fountain, geometric lawns and flower beds, and a street lamp in the foreground. Brick and stone commercial blocks with awnings line the square, and pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage cross the open pavement. The monument, completed in 1898, honored Zebulon Baird Vance, North Carolina's Civil War governor and later U.S. senator. It stood in the square until its removal in 2021. In the early 1900s Pack Square served as Asheville's civic and commercial center.
Postcard Details
Amesbury, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , Asheville, NC |
|---|---|
| Publisher | The Rotograph Co. |
| Series | G 12112 |
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Mrs Charlotte, S. Bassett, Amesbury, MA |
| Place depicted | Pack Square, Asheville, NC |
| Publisher | The Rotograph Co., New York, NY |
| received | Amesbury, MA |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1906 |
| Notes | Narrow white margin at bottom carrying the printed caption; speckled wear/abrasion across the building facades. Handwritten ink date "Nov 20, 06" at lower right (not a message), matching the sending date. Postmark: ASHEVILLE, N.C. NOV 20 11-PM 1906. Receiving mark: AMESBURY, MASS. NOV 23 7-AM 1906. Undivided back ("This side for the Address."); The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City. (Germany.) imprint, copyright 1905; series G 12112; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; light edge/corner wear. |
Cite this card
Pack Square and Vance Monument, Asheville, NC, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pack-square-and-vance-monument-asheville-nc-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.