Drhumor Building
Contributors:
Samuel I. Bean, stonecutter;
A. L. Melton, architect;
Frederick B. Miles, sculptor;
J. M. Westall, builder
Dates:
1895-1896
Location:
Asheville, Buncombe County
Street Address:
Patton Ave. at Church St., Asheville, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Commercial
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (1990).
Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (1999).
Note:
See Asheville Citizen-Times, November 21, 1895; June 24, 1896. The building originally had a tower atop the corner bay. That feature was removed in the 20th century, and the entrance was shifted to Patton Avenue and given a large arched frame. Frederick B. Miles’s splendid stone carving reportedly included visages of local citizens as well as mythological and classical motifs. The building is one of the principal surviving examples of downtown Asheville’s late 19th century growth era.
