Glendale Springs Inn

Glendale Springs Inn is a historic hotel building located at Glendale Springs, Ashe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1895, and expanded in 1902. A wing was added in 1905. It is a two-story, "T"-plan, frame structure with a steeply pitched intersecting gable roofs and sheathed in plain white weatherboard. It features a wraparound porch and second story balconies. It housed a vacation resort and inn for guests visiting the mineral waters at Glendale Springs. From 1935 to 1938, the inn housed the Works Progress Administration headquarters during construction of the nearby Blue Ridge Parkway.[2] The building was renovated in 1975 with a Family Style Restaurant, underwent subsequent renovations in 1995, and now houses a bed and breakfast inn.

Glendale Springs Inn
Glendale Springs Inn, February 2009
LocationNC 16 and SR 1632, Glendale Springs, North Carolina
Coordinates36°20′42″N 81°22′52″W
Area2.6 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1895 (1895), 1902, 1905
NRHP reference No.79003326[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 10, 1979

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Michael Southern, James and Flossie Hickland, and Jerry L. Cross (March 1979). "Glendale Springs Inn" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • [http:// Glendale Springs Inn website]


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