{"nrhp_refnum":"79000749","name":"Walasi-Yi Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Blairsville on U.S. 129","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blairsville","county":"Union County","state":"GA","lat":34.735211863000075,"lon":-83.91742380199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-01-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Conservation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story native stone inn at Neel's Gap on U.S. Highway 129, about 14 miles south of Blairsville, Union County, Georgia, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1934 and 1938.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is significant mainly for its architecture and as an outstanding example of Civilian Conservation Corps workmanship. It was the centerpiece of CCC development of Vogel State Park, and the form asks for an exception to the fifty-year rule because of this.","narrative":"Built of native stone at Neel's Gap, 14 miles south of Blairsville, this one-story inn straddles the crest of the gap on U.S. Highway 129, with the Appalachian Trail passing between its two sections. The Civilian Conservation Corps built it from 1934 to 1938, using stone taken from highway construction and chestnut panelling inside. The northern section began as a wooden tea room and lodging building put up by the Pfister-Vogel Land Company, and it was veneered in stone to match. The land was part of a gift to the State of Georgia by the Vogel family in 1927. The inn was the main work of the CCC camp that developed Vogel State Park, and it was popular from the start, though leased concessionaires never found it financially successful. The nomination presents it as an outstanding example of CCC workmanship, worth recognizing before it reached fifty years of age. Today it houses a craft and hiker's supply shop and a ranger's quarters.","period_of_significance":"1934-38","architect_builder":"Civilian Conservation Corps, Camp SP-2, with the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"In use as a craft and hiker's supply shop and as lodging for the park ranger; the basement and kitchen are used for storage, and two nearby CCC log cabins are greatly deteriorated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.803845-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/79000749.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000749/b9a499a6b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000749/b9a499a6b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Thomsonmg2000","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walasi-Yi_Interpretive_Center.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomsonmg2000</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walasi-Yi_Interpretive_Center.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209794","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walasi-Yi_Interpretive_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7961283"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/union-county/walasi-yi-inn-79000749/"}