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Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Published in Architecture, Buildings, Local History, Smith Estate Hotel

Standing on One Corner in Asheville, Part Two

An eight-story, skeletal form of poured concrete reinforced with steel (upper right) stood on the corner of North Main and College Street for about 6 years as infighting among the Smith Estate’s heirs halted construction. An original drawing of the hotel (RSS0709) is dated January 1906. This was quite an embarrassment to the architectural firm of Smith &
Asheville HistoryBuncombe County HistoryCollege Street Parking DeckGay GreenJohn H. LangeLangren HotelSmith Estate Hotel

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