Historic Riverside Cemetery Self Guided Tour

You can tour Riverside Cemetery on your own schedule. Walk or drive the winding paths of this Victorian era “rural garden” cemetery created in 1885 and enjoy the vistas that were part of its plan. Inside the gates are figures, carved in a variety of stone, which droop in sorrow, gaze pensively or reach to the heavens in a language of grief unfamiliar to us. Mausoleums standing as monuments to whole families have colorful stained glass windows and ornate doorways. Here the famous and the humble rest together: financier and pauper, Christian and Jew, black and white, powerful and meek, soldier and civilian. Asheville’s character was built on the shoulders of these residents of Riverside and your tour will reveal some of their stories.

Riverside Cemetery Self Guided Tour Overview

Estimated Tour time: 30 min (driving) 1 hr+ (walking)
Audio: 30 minutes
Tour Route Length: 1.5 miles
# of tracks: 26 tracks (25 stops)

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Three ways to order—Tours are available on a cd, as a Downloadable Audio MP3 file or let your iPhone be your tour guide.

Tours are avaliable on CD for $17.00 ($12 + $5 shipping and handling). Click the Buy Now button to order online.   or mail a check for $17.00 ($12 + $5 shipping and handling) made out to: Asheville Historic Tours, c/o Sharon Fahrer, 333 Montford Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801.

Download the Audio MP3 for $8.99. Click the MP3 icon below to learn more and download.

iPhone app tours are available for $8.99 through the app store or itunes. Click the App Store logo to get started.

The Family Store Book

The Family Store exhibit photos and text, here in its entirety in book format. A memento of the exhibit or a gift for someone who cannot come to Asheville to see the exhibit.
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or mail a check for $25.00 ($20 + $5 shipping and handling) made out to:
The Family Store Book, c/o Sharon Fahrer, 333 Montford Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801.

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History@Hand, c/o Sharon Fahrer, 333 Montford Ave, Asheville, NC, 28801.