A popular financial media website claimed it had 'confirmed' that the town of 85,000 was to be the Obamas' future home Asheville, NC is a liberal oasis in a red state, home to artist colonies and ...

and at this historic downtown Asheville home in particular. Built in 1883, the house has changed ownership several times, and was at one time owned by Wolfe’s mother, who ran it as a boarding house.