This building in downtown Asheville NC was built in 1912 for the Elk’s Club and had meeting and guest rooms for its members.  Later it became the Asheville Hotel.  It had a large balcony on the second floor that was covered with a false facade in 1957 when the building was converted to retail use.  The store closed in the early 1970s and except for pigeons, raccoons and other urban wildlife stood vacant for the next 20 years.