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Highlands Inn
Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · tap to enlarge
National Register of Historic Places

Highlands Inn

Highlands’s first place on the National RegisterListed Dec 18, 1990; only 1,609 of North Carolina’s 3,076 listings are older
Late Victorian VernacularListed 1990Highlands
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Highlands Inn

Highlands Inn, at Jct. of Main and Fourth Sts., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 18, 1990: the first place in Highlands to be listed. Only 1,609 of North Carolina’s 3,076 listings are older. The Register lists it for its recreation, at the local level. Four more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric hotel in Highlands, North Carolina. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 56 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

Jct. of Main and Fourth Sts., Highlands · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Highlands InnStart here
  2. 2Edwards HotelItalian Alpine · next door
  3. 3First Presbyterian ChurchItalianate · next door
  4. 4Church of the IncarnationLate Gothic Revival · next door
  5. 5Elizabeth Wright Prince HouseBuilding · 0.2 mi on
Around it

7 more Register listings within 2 miles

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

DHighlands North Historic DistrictQueen Anne0.5 miBBaldwin-Coker CottageRustic Style0.6 miDSatulah Mountain Historic DistrictBungalow/Craftsman0.7 miDPlaymore-Bowery Road Historic DistrictItalianate0.8 miBCabin BenRustic Style1.1 miBThomas Grant Harbison HouseBungalow/Craftsman1.7 miBSkyline LodgeBuilt 19271.9 mi

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Questions about Highlands Inn

Is Highlands Inn on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Dec 18, 1990 (Register number 90001916).

Is Highlands Inn a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; North Carolina has 36 National Historic Landmarks.

Can you visit Highlands Inn?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Highlands Inn?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 56 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 47721140 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.