Sherrill's Inn is a historic home located near Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It is a four bay by two bay, log house of the saddle-bag variety which has been raised to two stories and weatherboarded. Attached to it is an originally separate two-story, log building, two bays wide and two bays deep. Also on the property are a contributing stone spring house and log meathouse. The building was built about 1845, and used as an inn throughout much of the 19th century.[2]
Sherrill's Inn | |
Location | 2.5 miles S of Fairview off US 74A, near Fairview, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°29′36″N 82°21′59″W / 35.49333°N 82.36639°W |
Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha) |
Built | c. 1845 |
NRHP reference No. | 75001244[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 16, 1975 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit (January 1975). "Sherrill's Inn" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
External links
edit- Media related to Sherrill's Inn at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-226, "Sherrill's Inn, Lake Lure, U.S. Route 74, Fairview, Buncombe County, NC", 20 measured drawings