In 1978, Doug Swaim completed architectural school and was the editor of Carolina Dwelling, the student publication of the School of Design, North Carolina State University. He then completed the historic properties inventory of Buncombe County for the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. At the conclusion of that project in 1981, Doug edited the inventory publication, Cabins & Castles: The History and Architecture of Buncombe County, North Carolina.
For the next six years, Doug Swaim served as preservation specialist for the Western Office of Archives and History. He also led the Asheville/Buncombe County Historic Resources Commission. Following business school, Doug ventured to Slovakia where he worked, married, and began a family. Returning to North Carolina in 1997, he worked in business management, then started his own construction business in 2004. Today Doug lives in Charlotte with his wife, Iveta—a doctor of internal medicine—and their children, David and Katka. Asheville is still very dear to his heart, and he loves returning whenever possible.
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