Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 77000994 Architect Richard Sharp Smith | Built 1892 (1892)-1893 Added to NRHP 14 July 1977 | |
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Location Market and Eagle Sts., Asheville, North Carolina Similar Battery Park Hotel, St Matthias Episcopal Church, Jackson Building, Asheville City Hall, First Baptist Church | ||
Young Men's Institute Building, also known as the YMI Building, is a historic meeting hall located at Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was designed by noted architect Richard Sharp Smith and built in 1892-1893. It is a 2 1/2-story, pebbledash coated masonry building with brick, stone, and wood accents. The YMI building housed shops, residence rooms, meeting rooms, and a wide variety of functions that served the African-American community of Asheville.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is located in the Downtown Asheville Historic District.
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