Tombstone Tales: Developer of the Jackson Building buried in Asheville

EDITOR’S NOTE: Everyone has a story — some more well-known than others. Across Western North Carolina, so much history is buried below the surface. Six feet under. With this series, we introduce you to some of the people who have left marks big and small on this special place we call home.

The Jackson Building in Pack Square is named for its developer Lynwood Baldwin Jackson, Sr. (1896 -1974). With his fingers in construction projects all over Asheville, including the Grove Arcade and Flatiron Building, Jackson’s legacy remains strong more than 100 years since his first building went up.

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