The Fairfield Inn was an historic hotel building located on Fairfield Lake near US Highway 64 in Cashiers, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1896-1898, and consisted of a 2 1/2-story main block with two rear wings. The Queen Anne style frame building featured three massive singled gables, hipped dormers, a three-story corner turret, elliptical windows, and a one-story lakeside verandah. The hotel had 100 rooms.[2]
Fairfield Inn | |
 Fairfield Inn as it looked around 1980 | |
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| Location | US 64 East, Cashiers, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°7′28″N 83°2′36″W / 35.12444°N 83.04333°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1896-1898 |
| Built by | Toxaway Company |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003476[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 14, 1982 |
In July, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1][3]
Current use
editThe building was originally built in 1896 near a former gold mine on Lake Fairfield and added to in the early 1900s. It stood on Lake Fairfield near US 64 until 1986. Never renovated, a fire in 1986 exposed the fact the hotel was unsafe and it was demolished later that year.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Janet Hutchinson and Walter Best (September 1981). "Fairfield Inn" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ The History of Jackson County Sesquicentennial Edition
- ^ "Sapphire Valley's Fairfield Inn". Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-18.