Echols: Visiting the Biltmore — before Hurricane Helene
The Biltmore House (in a pre-hurricane photo) is closed indefinitely. The house itself sustained little to no damage, but the entrance to the property has been so severely pummeled it is not passable. (Chuck Burton/AP file)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols writes whatever she notices as she goes about her daily life. Living that way has landed her bylines in National Geographic, Garden and Gun, The Gospel Coalition, Southern Living, golf.com, Cowboys and Indians, Common Good, Risen Motherhood, and others. Someday, she hopes to have a writing cottage in Oxford, England or Oxford, Mississippi; either will be just fine. Candace and her husband live with their children in Midtown Memphis.
“As utterly wonderful as a place may be, it really is the people who are the heartbeat behind it.” Now the North Carolina mansion is closed indefinitely.
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