Pack Square with the Vance Monument and fountain, Asheville, North Carolina, circa 1906
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1902 (Early)
About this postcard
A crowd gathers around the fountain on Pack Square, with the tall stone obelisk of the Vance Monument rising behind it and brick commercial blocks, a streetcar and horse-drawn wagons lining the surrounding streets. The monument honors Zebulon Baird Vance, North Carolina's Civil War governor and longtime U.S. senator; the 75-foot granite obelisk, designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith, was dedicated in 1898 and stood on the square until its removal in 2021. The square, laid out at the crossing of the town's main streets, was long Asheville's civic and commercial center.
Postcard Details
Onesburg, MA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | |
|---|---|
| Publisher | H.C. Leighton Co. |
| Condition | Fair |
| Place addressed | Miss Charlotte S. Houst, Onesburg, MA |
| Place depicted | Asheville, NC |
| Publisher | H.C. Leighton Co., Portland, ME |
| Place sent from | Highlands |
| Stamp | 1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902 |
| Notes | Undivided-back era card with a handwritten message written vertically along the right edge of the picture; heavy dark ink spotting/staining across the sky area. Postmark: ASHEVILLE N.C. NOV 20 1906 7-30 AM. Undivided back ('This side is for the address'); H.C. Leighton Co. No. 1616, made in Germany. Green 1¢ Franklin stamp; light edge wear, postmark ink smudged. |
Cite this card
Pack Square with the Vance Monument and fountain, Asheville, North Carolina, circa 1906, postcard, c. 1902. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pack-square-with-the-vance-monument-and-fountain-asheville-n. Accessed October 24, 2026.