{"nrhp_refnum":"84002337","name":"Mount Beulah Hotel","other_names":["Jarrett Springs Hotel","Jarrett House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 23 and 44","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dillsboro","county":"Jackson County","state":"NC","lat":35.369871602000046,"lon":-83.25184524299993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story frame hotel with a triple-tiered porch at the northeast corner of US 23 Business and US 23/441 in Dillsboro, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1884 by William Allen Dills as the Mount Beulah Hotel and later became the Jarrett Springs Hotel and the Jarrett House.","why_significant":"The hotel is tied to the economic growth of western North Carolina after the railroad arrived, and to Dillsboro's rise as a railroad boom town. It also reflects the growth of regional tourism through a century of continuous operation as an inn. It is a surviving example of a medium-sized late nineteenth century hotel with an expanded traditional plan and modest Victorian decoration.","narrative":"Built in 1884 in Dillsboro, North Carolina, this three-story frame hotel with a triple-tiered porch began as the Mount Beulah Hotel. William Allen Dills founded the town after the Western North Carolina Railroad crossed his farm in 1882, and he built the hotel to serve railroad travelers and employees. In 1894 it was sold to the Jarrett family, and Frank Jarrett renamed it the Jarrett Springs Hotel. He promoted a small mineral spring behind the building, though the inn became better known for country cooking. Around 1910 a west wing was added and parts of the porch were enclosed, and later changes included rear additions, aluminum siding in the 1960s and iron porch posts in 1975. Much early interior fabric survives, including beaded wainscot and the original plan. The hotel illustrates the railroad era's commercial growth, the rise of tourism in western North Carolina, and an unusually long record of continuous operation.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (specific dates 1884, ca. 1910, and later)","architect_builder":"Builder/Architect unknown; built by William Allen Dills (as owner/developer)","architectural_style":"Expanded traditional plan with modest Victorian decorative elements (late nineteenth century railroad hotel)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in continuous use as an inn and restaurant; the form says it has operated as a hotel for about a century.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.050616-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/7209/47720936/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/84002337.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002337/37c3c6c4ef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002337/37c3c6c4ef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"AbeEzekowitz","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Jarrett_House_aka_Mount_Beulah_Hotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">AbeEzekowitz</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:The_Jarrett_House_aka_Mount_Beulah_Hotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720936","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jarrett_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14708183"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/jackson-county/mount-beulah-hotel-84002337/"}