Home of Captain Lipe after Flood, 1916
Dublin Core
Title
Home of Captain Lipe after Flood, 1916
Description
Sepia photo postcard showing wreckage of the home (#1 Biltmore Rd, continuation of Biltmore Ave/Main St S* from Victoria Rd) of Asheville Fire Chief James Cornelius Lipe. Lipe was drowned in the July flood of 1916. Miss Nellie R. Lipe (daughter?) of the same residence was also killed. The bridge is the Biltmore Bridge (1915).
Creator
Source
Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville
Date
Contributor
Buncombe County Special Collections
Identifier
AA174
Collection
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Citation
H. B. Ramsey, “Home of Captain Lipe after Flood, 1916,” Come Hell or High Water Community Memory Project, accessed December 5, 2025, https://helenehistory.omeka.net/items/show/184.