{"nrhp_refnum":"74002130","name":"Monterey Hotel","other_names":["Highland Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St. (U.S. 250)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monterey","county":"Highland County","state":"VA","lat":38.41251719400003,"lon":-79.58042151499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-01-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, ell-shaped frame resort hotel on Main Street (U.S. 250) in Monterey, Highland County, Virginia, built in 1904 by the Eustler brothers of Grottoes for original owner S. W. Crummett of Staunton.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the premier historic landmark of Monterey and a symbol of western Virginia's resort and spa economy in the early twentieth century. It is one of the few hotels of its size from that era still operating. Its elaborate two-level Eastlake porch is the outstanding architectural feature.","narrative":"Built in 1904 as a resort hotel, this three-story, ell-shaped frame building dominates Main Street in the mountain town of Monterey, Virginia. S. W. Crummett of Staunton was the original owner, and the Eustler brothers of Grottoes built it for $6,000. Its most notable feature is a two-story Eastlake porch with turned posts, curvilinear brackets and sawn open-work trim, set against an otherwise plain facade. The walls are covered in German siding, with shingles in the cross gables, and the hipped roof is broken by two gables. Inside, one original fireplace mantel survives. The hotel reflects the era when western Virginia's resorts and spas drew summer visitors escaping seaboard heat, and it counted Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford among its guests. Most such resorts later disappeared, but this one continued as a gathering place for community and county affairs. A later restoration reopened it as the Highland Inn.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Contractors: the Eustler brothers of Grottoes; original owner S. W. Crummett of Staunton","architectural_style":"Eastlake (two-level porch)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The 1973 form lists it as occupied and in good condition, though the third floor needed repairs. A 1982 letter and news article say it closed for some years, was bought, restored and reopened as the Highland Inn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.50464-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/6812/41681297/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/74002130.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002130/8fed210c3e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002130/8fed210c3e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monterey_Hotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monterey_Hotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681297","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterey_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7739647"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/highland-county/monterey-hotel-74002130/"}