{"nrhp_refnum":"86002871","name":"Hillmont","other_names":["Armstrong-Moltz House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W side of Lake Toxaway 3 mi. N of US 64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lake Toxaway","county":"Transylvania County","state":"NC","lat":35.140855798000075,"lon":-82.95259022399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hillmont, also called the Armstrong-Moltz House and now the Greystone Inn, is a board and batten and weatherboard country house on a rocky knoll on the shore of Lake Toxaway, Transylvania County, North Carolina. The main block was completed in 1915 for Lucy Camp Armstrong, with additions through 1932.","why_significant":"The house reflects the development of western North Carolina as a vacation and year-round retreat for the nation's wealthy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is also significant as the result of a deliberate search for an architectural style that would harmonize with its rustic mountain setting, blending Swiss-influenced vernacular and Arts and Crafts elements with native materials.","narrative":"Hillmont is a large grey-stained country house built on the highest point of a rocky knoll, surrounded on three sides by Lake Toxaway in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Lucy Camp Armstrong of Savannah, who bought land from the lake developer in 1912 and 1913, drew the plans herself and had the main block finished in 1915. She chose board and batten and weatherboard, stained to resemble tree lichen, with balconies, casement windows and stepped brackets that suggest Swiss chalets and Arts and Crafts design. A larger dining room, kitchen wing and, in 1932, a free-standing library were added. Mrs. Armstrong, later Mrs. Moltz, stayed on after the 1916 collapse of the Toxaway dam drained the lake and ended the resort's heyday. The house illustrates how wealthy southerners spent summers in the mountains, and it is valued for harmonizing with its setting. It now operates as the Greystone Inn, with original oak paneling intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (the owner, Lucy Armstrong, stated she drew the plans herself)","architectural_style":"Swiss-influenced vernacular with Arts and Crafts elements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Opened in 1985 as the Greystone Inn, a resort hotel; the interior plan and detailing are described as remaining as in Mrs. Moltz's lifetime.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.795827-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/65/7223/47722365/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86002871.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002871/faf498cac7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002871/faf498cac7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HILLMONT,_LAKE_TOXAWAY,_TRANSYLVANIA_COUNTY_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HILLMONT,_LAKE_TOXAWAY,_TRANSYLVANIA_COUNTY_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722365","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillmont_(Lake_Toxaway,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986648"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/transylvania-county/hillmont-86002871/"}