The Fortune Building
"... where community is a tool of great value."
For over 70 years, it was the home of [Ideal, and then] Fortune’s Paint & Hardware Co., which provided West Asheville neighborhood residents with the tools to build and repair their homes. In 1983, it was bought and renamed Davis Hardware, until 1995 when it became the Keith Davis Auction Company. In 1998, it was purchased by EcoInvest with a creative community vision in mind. Initially housing the Asheville ReSource Center in 1998, it has incubated and hosted a variety of progressive micro-businesses and ecclectic events ever since.
After an ‘extended re-birthing period’, it is currently offering classroom-meeting-office space upstairs, while undergoing a re-design/renovation on the street level.
Continuing to be a work-in-progress and a labor-of-love,
The Fortune Building mission is simple:
To provide space for education, information, and creative expression,
helping us collectively find the necessary tools to rebuild
ourselves, our community, and our planet.
Building | Rear Lot | Bsmt | Street | 2nd Flr |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 levels | parking | unfnshd | half-fnshd | finished |
15,000sqft | .12 ac | 5000sf | 5000sf | 5000sf |
Built 1926 | gravel | concrete | Hrdwd | Hrdwd |
Brick/block | 12spcs | storage | retail+ | offices |
At left is a slideshow of a few older images.
Click in the center to enlarge & scroll through them all, or click on any image below to enlarge it separately.
Snapshots