Tucked away in a mysterious brick building in downtown Asheville, a windowless, ornate room sat darkened late last week.  Then J.R. Yarnall flipped a light switch, illuminating beautifully-restored hardwood floors, a new multi-color paint job and a lone, gold star painted on the ceiling. The Mt. Hermon Lodge, designed by Richard Sharp Smith, is undergoing renovations focused on painting walls, redoing trim and ripping up carpet and linoleum to refinish the underlying hard pine floors.

Asheville Citizen-Times (04/20/10)

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