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AME Zion Church-- Half Section Looking South (#13 - Smith McDowell)

A.M.E. Zion Church (Asheville, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
AME Zion Church-- Half Section Looking South (#13 - Smith McDowell)
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Beams (Structural elements)
Church buildings
Original Format:
Starched linen, ink
Microforms
Item identifier:
aam_RS0108_0002
Architect:
Smith and Carrier more info on Smith and Carrier 
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural drawings
Cross sections
Location:
Asheville (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Beaux Arts to Modernism

Source information

Repository:
Asheville Art Museum
Collection:
Richard Sharp Smith Collection (aam_RS) held by Asheville Art Museum
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 the Asheville Art Museum.
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: African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina)

Architect:
more info on Smith and Carrier 
Built:
Street:
College St
Community:
Asheville
State:
North Carolina
Historical note:
The AME church referred to is almost certainly either Varick Chapel AME or Shiloh AME Church. Built June 2, 1914.
Location:
Asheville (N.C.)
Subjects:
Church buildings
Historic buildings