40-504: Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site , located at 81 Carl Sandburg Lane near Hendersonville in the village of Flat Rock, North Carolina , preserves Connemara, the home of Pulitzer Prize -winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg . Though a Midwesterner, Sandburg and his family moved to this home in 1945 for the peace and solitude required for his writing and the more than 30 acres (120,000 m) of pastureland required for his wife, Lilian, to raise her champion dairy goats . Sandburg spent
80-548: A Tyrannosaurus skull, minerals , and dinosaur eggs on display. The same building is home to the Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society. Entry to both parts of the ornate building is free. Down the road at 318 North Main Street is Hands On!, a children's museum of "educational exhibits that stimulate the imagination and motivate learning in a fun, safe, 'hands-on' environment." Admission
120-474: A congressional act making the home a historic site. The home officially opened to the public in 1974. The National Park Service restored the house and installed Plexiglas covers over the bookcases during the time between the purchase and its opening. Today Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site attracts more than 85,000 visitors a year. The national park is open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. The U.S. government has designated
160-746: A local sound quality. Hendersonville's only daily newspaper is the Times-News . The Hendersonville Lightning , founded in April 2012 by Bill Moss, is a weekly newspaper. Hendersonville has two sister cities , as designated by Sister Cities International : United States Secretary of the Interior The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of
200-560: A third of his works while living at Connemara, and it was at this house he died of natural causes in 1967. After his death, his wife decided to sell Connemara to the U.S. government to preserve the house as a memorial to her husband. The Secretary of Interior and family friend Stewart Udall visited the house in October 1967, and Mrs. Sandburg signed a deed of gift in June of the following year. On October 18, 1968, President Johnson approved
240-479: A tour of Flat Rock in an attempt to find a summer home. Unable to find a home he liked, he purchased land from Charles Baring, one of the more prominent landholders in the area. In 1838 he hired an architect to begin work on a large summer home in the Greek Revival style . The kitchen house and stable were actually completed first, in the summer of 1838. The house was not complete until 1839. A cook's house
280-656: A visitor center. The park features a writer-in-residence program started in 2010 with the support of the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara. This program offers emerging writers an opportunity to live and work at the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site for three weeks during April. Hendersonville, North Carolina Hendersonville is a city in and the county seat of Henderson County, North Carolina , United States, located 22 miles (35 km) south of Asheville . Like
320-531: A warmer climate to raise her Chikaming dairy goats. When she showed Connemara to her husband, he reportedly said, “This is the place. We will look no further.” Upon buying the house, the Sandburgs immediately began remodeling. Contractors were hired to work on the heating, plumbing, electrical, the roof and the cement floor of the basement. The Sandburgs installed new chimneys and bathrooms, as well as dozens of bookshelves for his large library. They also repainted
360-609: Is $ 10 per child or adult. The Henderson County Heritage Museum, in the 1905 county courthouse at One Historic Courthouse Square, features a gallery of regional Carolina history. It sits in the heart of the Main Street Historic District . Admission is free. To the east of Main Street is the 1902-16 Hendersonville Rail Road Station, at 7th Avenue and Maple Street in the Seventh Avenue Depot District . The Southern Railway opened
400-667: Is a member of the United States Cabinet and reports to the president of the United States . The function of the U.S. Department of the Interior is different from that of the interior minister designated in many other countries. As the policies and activities of the Department of the Interior and many of its agencies have a substantial impact in the Western United States , the secretary of
440-510: Is located at the center of Henderson County, in the southern mountains of western North Carolina near the Eastern Escarpment. Interstate 26 runs through the eastern side of the city, with access from Exit 49. U.S. Routes 25 and 74 run concurrently with I-26. The freeway leads north 22 miles (35 km) to Asheville and southeast 46 miles (74 km) to Spartanburg, South Carolina . Interstate 26 also provides direct access to
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#1732783724311480-485: Is traditionally known as "The City of Four Seasons". The town has a well-preserved Main Street and adjoining downtown areas with many restaurants, antique shops and boutiques in buildings that housed key local businesses until the mid-1980s. At that point some businesses moved to suburban or highway locations, or were put out of business by big box competition. The town's architecture reflects the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much downtown revitalization has occurred since
520-584: The Aloah Hotel , The Cedars , Chewning House , Clarke-Hobbs-Davidson House , Cold Spring Park Historic District , Mary Mills Coxe House , Druid Hills Historic District , Grey Hosiery Mill , Hyman Heights-Mount Royal Historic District , Kanuga Lake Historic District , King-Waldrop House , Lenox Park Historic District , Reese House , Clough H. Rice House , Smith-Williams-Durham Boarding House , Erle Stillwell House , Erle Stillwell House II , The Waverly , and West Side Historic District are listed on
560-616: The Asheville Regional Airport (AVL),which features scheduled passenger airline service operated by several major air carriers. U.S. Route 25 Business passes through the center of Hendersonville on King Street northbound and Church Street southbound. U.S. Route 64 (6th Avenue) also passes through the center of Hendersonville, leading northeast 14 miles (23 km) to Bat Cave and west 20 miles (32 km) to Brevard . U.S. Route 176 (Spartanburg Highway) leads southeast 10 miles (16 km) to Saluda . According to
600-695: The Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville Designated Market Area (DMA) as defined by Nielsen Media Research . The station nearest to Hendersonville is the Asheville-based WLOS ( ABC ), television channel 13. Other major TV broadcasters include WYFF , WSPA , WHNS , and WUNF . WMYI 102.5, is the only radio station that broadcasts in Hendersonville. Additionally, most Asheville and some Greenville/Spartanburg stations come in with
640-635: The National Register of Historic Places . Hendersonville Little Theatre was established in 1966. It moved from its original location to a unique red barn on State Street. After many successful years at that site, in 2012 it moved to an old stone church at 220 S. Washington Street downtown. Clothing retailer BonWorth was founded in Hendersonville in 1976. Sierra Nevada opened a brewery in 2014. Hospitals in Hendersonville include AdventHealth Hendersonville and UNC Health Pardee. The metro area has several TV broadcasting stations that serve
680-669: The United States Census Bureau , Hendersonville has a total area of 6.9 square miles (18.0 km ), of which 0.03 square miles (0.07 km ), or 0.40%, is water. Mud Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the French Broad River and part of the Tennessee River watershed, is the watercourse through the city, passing east of downtown. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 15,137 people, 7,274 households, and 3,339 families residing in
720-400: The 1920s. Admission is free, while guided tours are $ 2 and $ 3. The Western North Carolina Air Museum ( FAA LID : 8NC9 ), featuring airplanes of a bygone era, is near the small Hendersonville Airport ( FAA LID : 0A7 ) at the corner of Gilbert Street and Brooklyn Avenue between Hendersonville and East Flat Rock . Admission is free. 5 miles (8 km) west of downtown Hendersonville in
760-430: The 2010 census, the city population was 13,137. There were 4,579 households, out of which 20.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.2% were non-families. 40.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
800-490: The Hendersonville calendar is the annual North Carolina Apple Festival, culminating in the Apple Parade that regularly draws up to 50,000 spectators. Main Street is home to other festivals and special activities throughout the year. High schools in the city and surrounding area include Hendersonville High School , West Henderson High School, North Henderson High School , and East Henderson High School . Hendersonville
840-739: The Interior . The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natural resources , leading such agencies as the Bureau of Land Management , the United States Geological Survey , Bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Park Service . The secretary also serves on and appoints the private citizens on the National Park Foundation Board. The secretary
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#1732783724311880-540: The Sandburg residence and visit the dairy barn housing Connemara Farms' goat herd, representing the three breeds of goats Lilian Sandburg raised. From mid-June until mid-August, live performances of Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories and excerpts from the Broadway play, The World of Carl Sandburg , are presented at the park amphitheater. In the middle 1830s Christopher Memminger , of Charleston , South Carolina , took
920-478: The city was $ 30,357, and the median income for a family was $ 39,111. Males had a median income of $ 30,458 versus $ 22,770 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,926. About 13.3% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. The Mineral and Lapidary Museum of Henderson County, located at 400 North Main Street in downtown Hendersonville, has giant geodes ,
960-419: The city's east side, but redevelopment efforts are underway in the historic commercial district along 7th Avenue East. The architectural focus of the downtown area is the historic Henderson County Courthouse , completed in 1905 and completely renovated in 2008. The newly restored City Hall (erected 1924) and the modern Henderson County Courthouse (1995) are also located downtown. The largest street festival of
1000-692: The city. The median age was 52. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,137 people across 5,920 households in the city. The population density was 2,189.5 inhabitants per square mile (845.4/km ). There were 5,181 housing units at an average density of 870.0 per square mile (335.9/km ). The racial composition of the city was 81.44% White , 12.54% Black or African American , 9.09% Hispanic or Latino American , 0.73% Asian American , 0.28% Native American , 0.01% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander , 3.48% some other race , and 1.52% two or more races . In 1900, 1,967 persons lived in Hendersonville; in 1910, 2818; and in 1940, 5381 people lived here. As of
1040-451: The county, the city is named for 19th-century North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Leonard Henderson . The population was 13,137 at the 2010 census and was estimated in 2019 to be 14,157. Prior to the Treaty of Hopewell , the land that now is occupied by Hendersonville was settled by Cherokee tribes. Following this treaty, white settlers entered the region, eventually taking
1080-528: The early 1990s. Larger stores have been developed almost entirely along the commercial strips extending outward from the downtown along U.S. Highway 64 east and U.S. Highways 176 and 25 . There are historic neighborhoods outside the Main Street corridor, including the 5th Avenue neighborhood on the city's west side and the Druid Hills neighborhood north of downtown. Depressed areas are found along
1120-475: The end of the Civil War . During the war, the house was fortified and used as a shelter for friends who needed protection from raids by Union soldiers and Confederate deserters turned bandits. After Memminger's death, his son Edward sold Rock Hill to Colonel William Gregg, Jr., a Confederate veteran. During his ownership, he built new steps at the front of the house, since the originals had been removed during
1160-439: The goats a historic herd. About fifteen goats are kept on the farm at any given time. The interior of the home is arranged in a manner similar to how the Sandburgs maintained it during the 1950s. The Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 , supported by North Carolina's congressional delegation, authorized the expansion of the site by 115 acres (0.47 km) to protect the scenic view, create additional parking, and establish
1200-666: The house and installed a new indoor kitchen, having turned the original kitchen building into a three- car garage. The entire remodeling process lasted for some two and a half years. In addition, more than 42,000 lb (19,000 kg) of personal belongings, primarily Sandburg's library, were sent by train from their old house in Harbert, Michigan. The Sandburgs lived at Connemara from October 1945 to July 1969. Mr. and Mrs. Sandburg lived there along with their three daughters, Margaret, Janet, and Helga, as well as Helga's two children, John Carl and Karlen Paula. Sandburg published more than
1240-406: The house green for a brief period and even installed an eight-hole golf course in the pastures. The captain and his family used Connemara as a summer home until 1925 when they decided to make it their permanent residence. Smyth died in 1942, and the house remained vacant until 1945. Sandburg purchased Connemara on October 18, 1945, for $ 45,000 [1] . Mrs. Sandburg had been looking for a new farm in
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1280-595: The interior has typically come from a western state; only one secretary since 1949, Rogers Morton , was not a resident or native of a state lying west of the Mississippi River . Secretary of the Interior is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule , thus earning a salary of US$ 246,400, as of January 2024. Following Senate confirmation in March 2021, former U.S. representative Deb Haaland
1320-472: The land of what is now Henderson County in full from the original inhabitants. Poor trade links still restricted economic and demographic growth in the region, until the development of the Buncombe Turnpike, completed in 1827. Wealthy low-country planters started to migrate to the area, building summer homes and bringing lots of money with them. In response to this population growth, Henderson County
1360-414: The last twenty-two years of his life on this farm and published more than a third of his works while he resided here. The 264-acre site includes the Sandburg residence, the goat farm, sheds, rolling pastures, mountainside woods, 5 miles (8 km) of hiking trails on moderate to steep terrain, two small lakes, several ponds, flower and vegetable gardens, and an apple orchard. Visitors to the site can tour
1400-558: The line in 1879. Passenger rail service on the line ended in 1968. To the west of Main Street along U.S. Route 64 is Oakdale Cemetery . It includes the Italian marble angel statue that served as the inspiration for Thomas Wolfe 's first novel, Look Homeward, Angel (1929). North of Main Street is the Historic Johnson Farm at 3346 Haywood Road. The 1878 tobacco farm served as a summer retreat for tourists as early as
1440-754: The town of Laurel Park is Jump Off Rock atop Jump Off Mountain. This overlook provides a panorama of the Pisgah and Blue Ridge mountains . Laurel Park town park; free admission during daylight hours. For additional sites, see the National Register of Historic Places listings in Henderson County, North Carolina . In addition to the Henderson County Courthouse, Historic Johnson Farm, Main Street Historic District, Oakdale Cemetery, and Seventh Avenue Depot District,
1480-552: The war for defense. He also installed a bay window and fireplace mantles. The Greggs used Rock Hill as their summer home for about ten years before they sold it in 1900 to Captain Ellison Adger Smyth . Smyth changed the name of the house from “Rock Hill” to “Connemara,” after his ancestral district in Ireland . The Smyths winterized the house and enclosed the porch to convert it to a dining room. They also painted
1520-408: Was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.80. In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.9% under the age of 18, 17.5% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.6 males. The median income for a household in
1560-589: Was added in 1841, a wagon shed in 1843, and an icehouse in 1845. An addition to the main house was constructed over the course of 1846–1849, and servant quarters were built in 1850. Memminger called his summer home “Rock Hill,” possibly because the main house was constructed on the gradual slope of Big Glassy Mountain. In 1855, he had a stream in front of the house dammed up to create a small, artificial lake. The Memminger family spent most of their summers after 1839 at Rock Hill, not to be confused with Rock Hill , South Carolina. They lived there full-time from 1864 until
1600-414: Was split off from Buncombe County and founded in 1838. Judge Mitchell King owned 1,000 acres (4.0 km ), of which he donated 50 acres for the establishment of the town of Hendersonville. He used some of the enslaved African Americans he owned as workers to lay out its 100-foot-wide (30 m) Main Street. Formed in 1838 and chartered in 1847 as the county seat of Henderson County, Hendersonville
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