{"nrhp_refnum":"90001916","name":"Highlands Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Main and Fourth Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Highlands","county":"Macon County","state":"NC","lat":35.05282610300003,"lon":-83.19662434799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-12-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story frame resort inn on the northeast corner of Main and Fourth Streets in Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina, built in 1880 and enlarged in about 1900, 1936, 1950 and 1985.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is significant under Criterion A in Entertainment/Recreation. Built in 1880, it is one of the oldest continuously operating resort inns in western North Carolina and the oldest west of Flat Rock. It was among the first buildings in Highlands, is still the largest, and reflects the region's recreation and health industry.","narrative":"Highlands Inn is a three-story frame hotel at the corner of Main and Fourth Streets in Highlands, North Carolina. Joseph Hallack built the original section of native pine in 1880, soon after the town was laid out by Samuel Kelsey and Clinton Hutchinson. A two-story porch runs across the facade, and the street sidewalk serves as its ground-level porch. Wings were added about 1900, in 1936 and in 1950, each continuing the porch, while a guest wing and dinner theater were built at the rear in 1985. The inn was listed for its role in the recreation and health industry of western North Carolina. It was the first inn in a town planned for tourists and summer visitors, and it is described as the oldest continuously operating resort inn west of Flat Rock. Its street fronts still convey the character of the 1880s through the 1930s.","period_of_significance":"1880-1940","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian Vernacular","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still operating as an inn; the form describes it as continuing to draw summer visitors, with 1985 rear additions and 1989-90 room renovations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:48.50937-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7211/47721140/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/90001916.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001916/217ff6a327-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001916/217ff6a327-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HIGHLANDS_INN,_MACON_COUNTY_NC.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:HIGHLANDS_INN,_MACON_COUNTY_NC.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721140","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlands_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18151748"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/macon-county/highlands-inn-90001916/"}