{"nrhp_refnum":"79003326","name":"Glendale Springs Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 16 and SR 1632","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glendale Springs","county":"Ashe County","state":"NC","lat":36.34520873800005,"lon":-81.38082833999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame inn on a T-plan with intersecting gable roofs and white weatherboards, standing on a tree-shaded lot at the center of Glendale Springs in southeastern Ashe County, North Carolina. It began as a one-story frame building in 1895 and was expanded in 1902 and 1905.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is representative of the nineteenth and early twentieth century resort spas of western North Carolina, and that it played a role during construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway, when the Works Progress Administration used it as headquarters from 1935 to 1938. Its rambling frame form with enveloping porches is considered representative of early regional resorts, few of which survive, and it is regarded as a landmark of southeastern Ashe County.","narrative":"Set on a broad, tree-shaded lot in the small mountain community of Glendale Springs, this two-story frame inn was begun in 1895 as a one-story building and reached its present T-plan form after additions in 1902 and 1905. Colonel D. W. Adams, who had acquired the land in 1888, developed it as a resort, and mineral water from the nearby springs was pumped to a tower on the grounds to feed bathing pools. Through the early twentieth century it drew summer visitors from the Piedmont, Tennessee and western Virginia. Its later role came during the 1935 to 1938 period when the Works Progress Administration used it as headquarters for building the Blue Ridge Parkway, which passes only 300 yards to the east, and the porch was reshaped at that time. The inn's rambling form and enveloping porches are regarded as characteristic of early regional resorts, few of which have survived, and it remains a landmark of southeastern Ashe County.","period_of_significance":"1900-1950","architect_builder":"Col. D. W. Adams (builder/owner); a British architect is reputedly employed for the 1905 remodeling","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Retains good condition but its future is uncertain; the property has been placed for sale after a failed commercial revival, with the upper floors largely untouched.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:47.380889-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7189/47718951/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79003326.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003326/2b08ba77a7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003326/2b08ba77a7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"G Keith Hall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glendale_Springs_Inn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">G Keith Hall</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:Glendale_Springs_Inn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718951","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Springs_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17511572"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/ashe-county/glendale-springs-inn-79003326/"}