Young Men's Institute
Contributors:
Richard Sharp Smith, architect
Variant Name(s):
YMI Building
Dates:
1892
Location:
Asheville, Buncombe County
Street Address:
39 S. Market St., Asheville, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Recreational
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina (1999).
David R. Black, Historic Architectural Resources of Downtown Asheville, North Carolina (1979).
Douglas Swaim, ed., Cabins and Castles: The History and Architecture of Buncombe County, North Carolina (1981).
Note:
George Vanderbilt established the YMI for black men in Asheville, including those who worked on Biltmore; he commissioned Smith to design it in the Biltmore estate English style with red brick and pebbledash, a mode he often employed.
