It was designed by architect Douglas Ellington and built in 1925–1927.

It is a four-story, domed, polygonal brick building with Art Deco design influences.

The front facade features a colossal hectastyle portico.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

[1] This article about a property in Buncombe County, North Carolina on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.