James Vester Miller

Location #5 - The Asheville Municipal Building

The Asheville Municipal Building
 

100 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC 28801

This two-story brick-faced building was designed by architect Ronald Green and originally housed the city’s police, fire, and health departments and city jail. The City (Farmers’) Market, one of the finest in the southeast, occupied its lower level. On the Market Street side, note the Roman arch entrance, and the cornucopias reflecting its use as a food market. Two plaques honor Mr. Miller: one embedded in the sidewalk on the Market Street side, and the other to the left of the main entrance to the Police Department.

James Vester Miller Trail Locations

James Vester Miller Office

According to the 1906-1907 Asheville City Directory, the office of Millers & Sons Construction was at 22 S. Pack Square…

Masonic Temple

According to Miller family sources, the Temple’s brickwork is by James Vester Miller.

St. James

Completed in 1931, this is the most recent of the four churches in the East End/Valley Street neighborhood built by…

Hopkins Church

Designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith, this Gothic church was the second of the four churches constructed in the…

St Matthias

James Vester Miller and his new construction company built this building when Miller was a young man in his thirties,

Mt Zion

This is the third of four churches built in the downtown area of Asheville by the James Vester Miller & Sons…

YMI

As hundreds of workers built the Biltmore Estate, African-American leaders Dr. Edward Stephens and Mr. Isaac Dixon urged…

J A Wilson Building

Built in 1924 by Miller for African-American businessman J. Alfred Wilson, this building housed a wide range of business…

Asheville Municipal Building

This two-story brick-faced building was designed by architect Ronald Green and originally housed the city’s police,…