{"nrhp_refnum":"75001244","name":"Sherrill's Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2.5 mi. S of Fairview off U.S. 74","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fairview","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.49355845100007,"lon":-82.366156990171,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large frame inn building on a mountain hillside along U.S. 74 southeast of Fairview, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It incorporates two early log structures, with dates given as ca. 1801, ca. 1834 and ca. 1922, and was built for Bedford Sherrill.","why_significant":"It was cited by Thomas T. Waterman in The Early Architecture of North Carolina as a notable saddle-bag log house with an unusual exterior stair. It also served for much of the nineteenth century as an inn and stagecoach and drover stop on the Hickory Nut Turnpike, an early route important to western North Carolina. Its guest register records prominent visitors, including Millard Fillmore and Andrew Johnson.","narrative":"Set on a wooded mountain hillside above a curving road near Fairview, this large frame house grew from two early log structures, one a saddle-bag log house later raised to two stories and weatherboarded. Its most distinctive feature is an exterior stair beneath the porch, with a Federal style balustrade. Early twentieth-century remodeling added a hall, a wing and Federal style woodwork. Bedford Sherrill ran the building as an inn on the Hickory Nut Turnpike, which linked Rutherfordton and Asheville. Stagecoach passengers and cattle drovers stopped there, and the register shows guests from many states and several foreign countries. Former president Millard Fillmore stayed in 1858, and Tennessee governor Andrew Johnson signed in during 1859. Sherrill family members operated the inn until 1908, after which it closed. The property keeps a stone spring house, a log meathouse, cottages, an orchard and a barn. It was recognized for its architecture, its role in transportation and commerce, and its record of travel in western North Carolina.","period_of_significance":"19th and 20th centuries (specific dates ca. 1801, ca. 1834, ca. 1922)","architect_builder":"Bedford Sherrill (built for him; he apparently built the inn)","architectural_style":"Saddle-bag log house, later weatherboarded and enlarged, with Federal style trim","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and altered; used as a private residence. The inn closed permanently around 1908-1909.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.498906-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/7191/47719193/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/75001244.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001244/2be44ebf47-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001244/2be44ebf47-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Bill Fitzpatrick","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sherrils_Inn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Fitzpatrick</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:Sherrils_Inn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719193","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherrill%27s_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18158007"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/sherrills-inn-75001244/"}