Balsam Mountain Inn
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| Location | 68 Seven Springs Drive, Balsam, North Carolina |
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| Area | 26 acres (11 ha) |
| Built | 1905-1908 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003475[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 15, 1982 |
The Balsam Mountain Inn is an historic wooden Neo-Classical and Victorian hotel located at 68 Seven Springs Drive in Balsam, North Carolina, United States. In July, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Construction of the inn began in 1905 and was completed in 1908. The Inn began as a railroad resort hotel, one of many in the area. Now, the Balsam Mountain Inn is the last one standing in Balsam.[2]
The inn was bought in 1990 by Merrily Teasley, an experienced innkeeper from Tennessee. She restored the Inn, with the historic preservation certified by the U.S. Department of Interior.[3] She even built an addition that serves as a dining porch that won the Gertrude S. Carraway Award of Merit from Preservation North Carolina in 1995.[4] In 2011, Merrily returned to manage the inn.[5]
Current use
The building still serves as a hotel and restaurant. It was renovated and restored in 1990. It is one of the few remaining grand Southern Railway Resort Hotels. Balsam Mountain Inn has 50 rooms. The inn's amenities include: a full-service restaurant, a 2,000-volume library, two meeting rooms, card/puzzle room, sitting parlor, hiking trails, gift shop and two 100-foot porches that are perfect for rocking and relaxing.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Douglas Swaim; Jim Sumner; Maggie Whitesides (December 1981). "Balsam Mountain Inn" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Mercer, Marcia and Gordon. "Tracking a Legend: Balsam Mountain Inn and Lost Mineral Springs". The Moutaineer. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Preservation Award Winners, 1954-2006. "Preservation North Carolina".
{{cite web}}:|first=has numeric name (help) - ^ Balsam Mountain Inn. "In the News". Retrieved 15 October 2011.
- ^ Balsam Mountain Inn official website
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Hotel buildings completed in 1908
- Buildings and structures in Jackson County, North Carolina
- Railway hotels in the United States
- 1908 establishments in North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, North Carolina