As hundreds of workers built the Biltmore Estate, African-American leaders Dr. Edward Stephens and Mr. Isaac Dixon urged…
Location #2 - Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church
47 Eagle St, Asheville, NC 28801
This is the third of four churches built in the downtown area of Asheville by the James Vester Miller & Sons Construction Company. Biltmore architect Richard Sharp Smith also designed this building, and it was completed in 1919. Featuring elements of the Gothic Revival style of most of the churches built at this time, its interior includes a 50-pipe organ built by A.B. Felgemaker of Erie, PA, and a spectacular stained glass window on the east side. The church was renovated during the first decade of the 21st century
James Vester Miller Trail Locations
Built in 1924 by Miller for African-American businessman J. Alfred Wilson, this building housed a wide range of business…
This two-story brick-faced building was designed by architect Ronald Green and originally housed the city’s police,…
According to the 1906-1907 Asheville City Directory, the office of Millers & Sons Construction was at 22 S. Pack Square…
According to Miller family sources, the Temple’s brickwork is by James Vester Miller.
Completed in 1931, this is the most recent of the four churches in the East End/Valley Street neighborhood built by…
Designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith, this Gothic church was the second of the four churches constructed in the…
James Vester Miller and his new construction company built this building when Miller was a young man in his thirties,
This is the third of four churches built in the downtown area of Asheville by the James Vester Miller & Sons…
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