September 12: First 86 students (men and women) attended
Buncombe County Junior College College was part of the Buncombe
County School System and was located in the new Biltmore High
School (just south of I-40 in Biltmore) Tuition was free Great
Depression caused tuition to be charged. College would accept
vegetables, eggs, milk, and general produce to pay tuition.
First graduating class (Roy Taylor, valedictorian) Merges with
closed Asheville City College and changes name to Biltmore
College Because of the growing Depression, the Buncombe County
School System withdraws financial support for the college and
the campus moves to city-operated David Millard Junior High
School (present site of Beverly Hanks Realtors on College
Street, downtown). City School System provides financial support
for the college Faculty turns over authority for college’s
management to a Board of Trustees College chartered as
Asheville-Biltmore College to recognize new
financial/administrative connection with the Asheville City
School B