Frye-Randolph House and Fryemont Inn

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Frye-Randolph House and Fryemont Inn
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LocationFryemont Rd.
Bryson City, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°25′29″N83°26′5″W / 35.42472°N 83.43472°W / 35.42472; -83.43472 Coordinates: 35°25′29″N83°26′5″W / 35.42472°N 83.43472°W / 35.42472; -83.43472
Area3.4 acres (1.4 ha)
Built1895 (1895)
Architectural styleRustic
NRHP reference No. 83001919 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 1983

The Frye-Randolph House and Fryemont Inn are a pair of historic properties on Fryemont Road in Bryson City, North Carolina. The two buildings occupy a prominent site overlooking the Tuckasegee River and Bryson City, and are well-known local landmarks. The house is an L-shaped wood-frame structure, whose oldest portion was built c. 1895 by Amos Frye, a prominent local lawyer and landowner. The inn is a rustic mountain lodge, two stories high, part of which is clad in bark shingles. It was built by the Fryes in 1923, and is a well-preserved example of a period vacation hotel. [2]

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The properties, now under separate ownership, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] The inn is still in operation.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Frye-Randolph House and Fryemont Inn" (PDF). North Carolina SHPO. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
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