View, Young Men's Institute, Asheville, North Carolina
Young Men's Institute
Item information
- Title:
- View, Young Men's Institute, Asheville, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Community centers
- Item identifier:
- buch0052
- Photographer:
- Buchman, Tim more info on Buchman, Tim
- Architect:
- Smith, Richard Sharp more info on Smith, Richard Sharp
- Created Date:
- Created Date:
- Description:
- Historical note: The center was established by George Vanderbilt for the black residents of Asheville who had worked on Biltmore. The building was utilized as a social and educational center by the African American community in the segregated South. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Tim Buchman Photographs, 1988-1998 (Buchman) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Young Men's Institute (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Smith, Richard Sharp
- Street:
- South Market and Eagle Streets
- Community:
- Asheville
- State:
- North Carolina
- General note:
- Historical note: The center was established by George Vanderbilt for the black residents of Asheville who had worked on Biltmore. The building was utilized as a social and educational center by the African American community in the segregated South. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Subjects:
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Community centers
African Americans
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.59403, -82.550199
Smith, Richard Sharp
Read the biography for Smith, Richard Sharp in North Carolina Architects and Builders.