Trivia 2-15-17 Identify

[Trivia Master]

Identify:

credit: @Stony

 

[Brenal]

PACK SQUARE, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

 

[Study the Past]

Vance Monument, Pack Square, in Asheville, North Carolina.

 

[adisciu9]

Pack Sq., Ashville.
Vance Monument

 

[kholland]

Pack Square in Asheville, North Carolina

 

[chellers]

Pack Square Park in Ashville, NC, with monument to Buncombe County native and Civil War governor Zebulon Baird Vance.

 

[DBF]

That looks like the Zebulon Vance (former Governor, Veteran of Confederate Army, and U.S. Senator) Monument located in Pack Square, Asheville, NC. dedicated May 10, 1898.
http://docsouth.unc.edu/commland/monument/205/

 

[Copperhead-mi]

The Vance monument dedicated to Zebulon Vance, North Carolina's Civil War governor located in Pack Square, Asheville, N.C.

 

[Reb]

Photograph of street scene looking towards Zebulon Baird Vance Memorial, Pack Square, Asheville, North Carolina

https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/asheville/pac.htm

 

[FarawayFriend]

Asheville, NC, historic Pack Square, Vance monument, built as a monument to Zebulon Baird Vance, former Confederate Army officer, two-time North Carolina governor, and US Senator.

 

[Stony]

credit-enjoy

 

[Wallyfish]

This is Pack Square Park in Asheville NC.



The granite pillar, pictured in the question, is a focal point of Pack Square and serves as a beacon for Downtown Asheville and its historical links to the Civil War. Pack Square Park in Asheville, North Carolina is said to be the realized dream of philanthropist George Willis Pack who donated the plot of land to the city in 1901.

 

[kevikens]

I don't know the place but as for the time period, from the gentleman's clothing and the polls coming from the tops of the streetcars (no horse pulling them or third rail cable lines on the right side), I would say late 1890's.

Edit - You're pretty close on the time period, but we really were looking for the place.

Welcome to the trivia game, anyway, kevikens. Hope you'll come back and play again.

Interestingly, when I clicked on the link in the final post where the official answer is given, after scrolling down through many, many pictures of Pack Square and the monument, I found what appears to be the same photograph shown in the question - with a label saying "5 days ago."

Hoosier

 

[Brenal]

Further to my answer, the photo is Pack Square, Asheville. If he answer wanted is the memorial it is the Vance memorial, commemorating Zebulon Baird Vance, colonel of the 26th N.C before becoming Governor of N.C.

 

[William G Hendry]

Vance Monument for Zebulon Vance In Ashville North Carolina [Wikipedia ]

The Vance Monument is located in Pack Square and serves as a good landmark to meet up with people. Knowing about Zebulon Vance, it seems that others are more deserving of a monument but history has the good and bad aspects. So in a way it seems fitting that the square is used for parades and protests that promote diversity and equality.

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserReviews-g60742-d559910-r434151519-Vance_Monument-Asheville_North_Carolina.html#

 

[JohnW.]

You are not going to know what this is or where it is located unless you have been there and have seen it. No guess.

 

[Schwallanscher]

what should be identified?

the place? pack square, asheville, nc
the year? 1904
the monument? obelisk to honour a certain zebulon baird vance
the photographer? l.m. mc canless, 12 apck square, asheville, nc (accoirding to himself: the best photographer in town)
the people loitering the place? honestly i was tempted to start with perry rhodan and reginald bull (left) in the foreground and work my way through, but "one of the photos shows what appears to be an organized gathering of men in pack square, for a purpose unknown"

primary source

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

Pack Square Asheville, NC-
The Vance Monument is located in "Pack Square" in the heart of downtown Asheville. The monument is dedicated in memory of Zebulon Baird Vance, a civil war officer and two-time governor of North Carolina. Vance was born in Buncombe County and was an attorney in Asheville before embarking on his political career. He is remembered as one of the most popular and influential Southern leaders during his lifetime.

Erected in 1897, the monument is a 75 foot obelisk made from cut granite from Henderson County. The monument was designed by Richard Sharp Smith, an architect who designed more than 700 structures throughout Western North Carolina, and much of the funding came from George W. Pack.

 

[MRB1863]

Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville, North Carolina

 

[JOHN42768]

Pack Square Park | Asheville, NC
Source: http://www.citizen-times.com/pictur...c-pack-square-vance-monument-photos/70215582/