Thomas Wolfe Memorial Angel

The Wolfe Family Thomas Clayton Wolfe was born on October 3, 1900, the youngest of eight children to William Oliver Wolfe and Julia Elizabeth Westall. The family lived in a five-room house located at 92 Woodfin Street in Asheville, North Carolina. Wolfe later wrote about his memories of the roaring fires and sumptuous meals at his father’s home. In 1906, Julia Wolfe purchased the Old Kentucky Home boarding house, located two blocks away at 48 Spruce Street. Julia soon moved to the boardinghouse to manage the business and took six-year-old Tom to live in the house with her. Although the two houses were only a short distance apart, Wolfe felt separated from the rest of his family. Although he was allowed to spend days with his brothers and sisters at his father’s house, each night he was summoned by Julia back to the boarding house.