Walker's Inn | |
 Walker's Inn, January 2019 | |
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| Location | South of Andrews on NC 1505 off NC 19 and 1393, near Andrews, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°11′35″N83°48′16″W / 35.19306°N 83.80444°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1844 |
| NRHP reference No. | 75001247 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 19, 1975 |
Walker's Inn is a historic building in rural Cherokee County, North Carolina. The two-story five-bay frame house is located at the northeast corner of the junction of SR 1505 and SR 1393 near Andrews. [2]
The house was apparently built in stages, beginning c. 1844, after William Walker acquired the land on which it stands. It was constructed by Thomas Tatham and his son Thomas C. Tatham. The three rightmost bays of the house are a log structure, while the two on the left are a frame structure. The logs are partially exposed on the front, while most of the house is sheathed in board-and-batten siding. Windows are irregularly placed on the main facade. Long known as an inn, it sits along what was in the 19th century the major route between Franklin and Murphy. Frederick Law Olmsted stayed at the inn during his travels in the area in the late 19th century. [3]
The building is one of the oldest surviving structures in the county, [4] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
The inn has closed as of 2024. [5]
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