{"nrhp_refnum":"82003476","name":"Fairfield Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cashiers","county":"Jackson County","state":"NC","lat":35.124014094000074,"lon":-83.04414443599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 100-room Queen Anne style resort inn on the north side of US 64 near Cashiers in the Sapphire Valley, Jackson County, North Carolina, built in 1896-98 by the Toxaway Company.","why_significant":"The inn is argued to show how interstate business ventures, especially speculators from Florida and Pennsylvania, promoted tourism and developed natural resources in western North Carolina. It is also described as a well-preserved example of informal Queen Anne resort architecture from the region's late-nineteenth-century tourist boom.","narrative":"Overlooking Fairfield Lake in the Sapphire Valley near Cashiers, this two-and-a-half story, 100-room resort inn was built in 1896-98 by the Toxaway Company, a land development corporation led by Pennsylvania investors. Its Queen Anne design combines weatherboard and shingle surfaces, three large gables, hipped dormers, a shingled corner turret and a long lakeside veranda. Inside are a lobby with two corbelled brick fireplaces, a turned-baluster staircase, a dining room with Doric columns and a library with decorative wooden friezes. Edward H. Jennings of Pittsburgh bought the resort at a 1911 foreclosure sale and developed the surrounding land until his death in 1937. Several later owners kept the inn operating, and it was renamed more than once before returning to the Fairfield name. Alterations include a simplified turret, an enclosed veranda and a modern rear entrance. The inn is significant for what it shows about outside investment in mountain tourism and as a surviving example of regional resort architecture.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900-","architect_builder":"Toxaway Company (builder); architect unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in continuous use as a thriving seasonal resort, with some exterior and interior alterations that do not significantly compromise integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.259484-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/7209/47720944/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003476.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003476/db75cf1727-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003476/db75cf1727-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RichardKenni","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairfield_Inn_1980.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RichardKenni</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:Fairfield_Inn_1980.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720944","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_Inn_(Cashiers,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5430312"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/jackson-county/fairfield-inn-82003476/"}