Bailey Law School
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The law school was originally housed in a one\-room log cabin at the North Fork, near the headwaters of the [Swannanoa River](/wiki/Swannanoa_River "Swannanoa River") outside of Black Mountain. The school was near Greybeard Mountain and ran close to the top of Black Mountain (now [Mount Mitchell](/wiki/Mount_Mitchell "Mount Mitchell")).Perko, Gary V. “[The Other Mount Mitchell Controversies: A ‘Real Property’ History of North Carolina’s Highest Mountain Range](http://www.jstor.org/stable/45184907).” *The North Carolina Historical Review* 95, no. 1 (2018\): 70\. The building faced the river and had the mountains to its rear. The students boarded at the [Alexander Inn](/wiki/Alexander_Inn_%28Swannanoa%2C_North_Carolina%29 "Alexander Inn (Swannanoa, North Carolina)") and had to climb a mountain to reach the cabin. After the Civil War, the school moved to Biltmore Avenue in Asheville where it was housed in a one\-story structure.

After Bailey died in 1879, James G. Martin, an alumnus of the Bailey Law School, served as Bailey's executor and oversaw the sale of the original campus. One of the property's many owners was [John Kerr Connally](/wiki/John_Kerr_Connally "John Kerr Connally"), another Bailey Law School alumnus.Perko, Gary V. “[The Other Mount Mitchell Controversies: A ‘Real Property’ History of North Carolina’s Highest Mountain Range.](http://www.jstor.org/stable/45184907)” *The North Carolina Historical Review* 95, no. 1 (2018\): 69\. via JSTOR, accessed December 25, 2023\. Later, it become the site of [Zebulon Vance's](/wiki/Zebulon_Vance "Zebulon Vance") Gombroon Estate. This property is now part of the Asheville watershed/North Fork Reservoir and part of the [Mount Mitchell State Park](/wiki/Mount_Mitchell_State_Park "Mount Mitchell State Park").


Where was the Bailey Law School originally housed?