The Glen Choga Lodge is a historic lodge in rural Macon County, North Carolina. It is located in a clearing on the south side of Little Choga Road (North Carolina Route 1402), in Nantahala National Forest. The lodge is a large U-shaped two-story log structure with a metal roof. The Glen Choga Lodge is the only saddle notched Adirondack-style lodge made of Wormy Chesnut Logs known to still exist. It was built in 1934–35, at a time when Little Choga Road was a major route between Franklin and Murphy, North Carolina. The builders were Alexander Breheurs Steuart and his wife Margaret Willis Hays; they operated the lodge as a summer vacation destination until 1941 and the United States entry into World War II. It did not reopen for commercial use after the war, and has been converted into a private summer residence.[2]
Glen Choga Lodge | |
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| Location | 50 Choga Lodge Rd., near Aquone, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°11′27″N 83°40′50″W / 35.19083°N 83.68056°W |
| Area | 18.4 acres (7.4 ha) |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architectural style | Adirondack |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000538[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1996 |
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edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Glen Choga Lodge" (PDF). North Carolina SHPO. Retrieved 2014-08-08.