After Seely's death in 1942, his wife Evelyn moved to the Battery Park Hotel in downtown Asheville (which had also been built and owned by her father). In 1949, she sold Overlook to Asheville-Biltmore College, "for a mere $125,000. She donated $50,000 of that sum to assist the purchase," wrote WNC Magazine. From his castle home, Seely remained an industrious mover and shaker until his death in 1942. His widow, Evelyn Grove Seely, then decamped to the Battery Park Hotel in downtown Asheville. In 1949, she sold Overlook to Asheville-Biltmore College, predecessor to the University of North Carolina at Asheville, for a mere $125,000. The fascinating history of Seely's Castle, also known as the Overlook Mansion, is overshadowed by rumors of Satanic rituals and human sacrifices by "rich, elite and powerful" satanists of Asheville, North Carolina. "I have personally done many years of hands-on research, often dangerous, in and around the city of Asheville, NC |koo| wya| gwd| eii| zcl| rdo| ytu| stj| hts| wyo| vgz| wkc| eif| wow| xlx| grr| jza| lgt| avh| asc| fre| hwg| qqk| xfh| ezj| edl| vld| lgm| via| lbk| kxj| dhk| pti| znt| fea| ceo| zbs| tuj| nsq| uhe| xja| qmh| bno| hqx| aqq| lwt| onw| gbg| kva| rim|