Though its official name is the Asheville City Building, everybody refers to it as Asheville City Hall. It was built between 1926 and 1928 in the exuberant art deco style that its architect, Douglas Ellington, had seen while studying in Paris. Ellington also graced the city with several other art deco landmarks, including First Baptist Church, Asheville High School, and his masterpiece, the S&W Cafeteria Building. The City Building, however, stands as a monument to its builder, the city, and the boom years of the "Roaring '20's" during which Asheville was one of the most fashionable resort cities on earth.

The building's shape is meant to echo the shapes of the mountains that surround the city, while its colors mean to mimic the red clay soil of the area. The building is constructed of marble, brick, and pink granite.

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/728/161cityhallphoto.jpg

Some of the stained glass lights at the entrance:

http://www.photoexposure.com/photos/comp/205135_563.jpg

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The octagonal dome is tiled:

http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/asheville-nc025.jpg

http://www.mistered.com/pics/BIKETRIP/Asheville-courthouse.jpg

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7/10- nice dome, very bad height.

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i find it quite simple although don't ugly

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Some more very good pictures from four 0 four over at SSP, who visited Asheville at the end of July.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/MarkPMA/ashville109.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/MarkPMA/ashville65.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/MarkPMA/ashville132.jpg

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7.5 :D

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