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dwin Carrier was one of Asheville’s most active and respected builders during the 1880s and 1890s. He was one of the first Northern industrialists to settle in Asheville, moving his family here in 1885. He founded the West Asheville Improvement Co. and started the modern development of West Ashevillle. Carrier started building one- and two-story structures along Haywood Road, seen here in 1937. These buildings remain an important part of West Asheville.
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stablished in 1938, for nearly 40 years, the Lexington Avenue open-air market provided fresh fruit and vegetables to thousands of households in the Asheville and Buncombe County area. Trucks, some large, some small and loaded with fresh vegetables, would arrive each day at first light and remain until sundown.
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ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES ARCHIVE