Young Men's Institute Building, Historic community center in Asheville, United States.

The Young Men's Institute Building is a 2+1⁄2-story pebbledash-coated masonry building with brick, stone, and wood accents, designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith and built in 1892–1893. It stands in the Downtown Asheville Historic District and now operates as the YMI Cultural Center.

African American leaders Isaac Dickson and Dr. Edward S. Stephens asked George Vanderbilt in 1892 to commission the building for the black men who had helped build Biltmore Estate; Vanderbilt and superintendent Charles McNamee funded it, and architect Richard Sharp Smith designed it, built 1892–1893. The board bought it from the Vanderbilt Estate in June 1906 for $10,000. After decline in the 1960s and 1970s, nine black churches purchased it in 1980 and reestablished it as the YMI Cultural Center.

The YMI takes its name from the Young Men's Institute and still houses local businesses on its ground floor, as it did from the start. Its permanent exhibitions display African masks and sculpture, drawings by the artist Charles W. White, and photographs tracing the building's ties to the Biltmore Estate.

The building sits in a central downtown location that is easy to reach while walking through the area. Since it operates as an active cultural center, visiting hours can change depending on what exhibitions or events are scheduled.

The building originally housed a fully equipped gymnasium, a substantial library, and reading rooms that were quite advanced for the period. These facilities set it apart significantly from other community buildings in the region at the time.