Appalachian Stage
Since 1902, when the first city auditorium
was built here, this area has been a center
for entertainment and the preservation of
Southern Appalachian culture. Acclaim has
gone to composer Boscom Lamar Lunsford
and playwright Hubert Hayes for celebrating
mountain music and dance and to the
Southern Highland Handicraft Guild for
promoting traditional crafts.
Placed in Honor of Mitzi Schaden Tessier, Local Historian
Marker is on College Street (U.S. 74) near Coxe Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
