Dixieland

A bronze version of Wolfe’s shoes draws attention to his mother’s boarding house, Old Kentucky Home, immortalized as "Dixieland" in Wolfe's stories of his fictionalized hometown, including Look Homeward, Angel , his autobiographical first novel. Thomas Wolfe lived in the wide-porched boarding house until leaving Asheville in 1924. His mother, Julia, stayed there until her death in 1945. Beautifully preserved, Old Kentucky Home welcomes exploration as a memorial to the novelist. Artists Dan Millspaugh and Angel Cloer created the bronze shoes and hooked rug.