Built in the early 1920's, there are three core residential houses, with one serving as more of a "common house", where most meetings and weekly dinners take place.  These were the first three adjacent properties renovated in '96-'98, and this is where the founding member lives and guests or interns usually first stay. Improvements are ongoing, and 9-10 private or semi-private mostly furnished rooms with four kitchens and five bathrooms house 8-12 people here.

In addition to bungalow charm and being conveniently located between two bus lines in one of West Asheville's more desirable walkable neighborhoods, the main house is also one of the most historically unique in Asheville given it's primarily covered in American Chestnut tree bark shingles. (fyi -- American Chestnut trees were prolific in this region years ago, and have been all but extinct for over 70 years as a disease/blight knocked them out altogether. They have recently been reintroduced after successful efforts to grow a disease resistant strain.)  So if the squirrels don't eat them first, maybe these rare shingles will be better preserved and maintained for another 100 years!