The Fairfield Inn was an historic wooden Queen Anne

Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...

 hotel located on Fairfield Lake near US Highway 64 in Cashiers, North Carolina

Cashiers, North Carolina

Cashiers is a census-designated place and unincorporated village located in southern Jackson County, North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the community had a total population of 157. During the summer season , the population swells to 20,000...

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. In July, 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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National Register listing

• Fairfield Inn (added 1982)
• US 64, Cashiers
• Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
• Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
• Architectural Style: Queen Anne
• Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History
• Period of Significance: 1875-1899
• Owner: Private
• Historic Function: Domestic
• Historic Sub-function: Hotel
• Current Function: Demolished due to neglect and fire in 1986, no longer stands
• Current Sub-function: N/A

Current use

The building was originally built in 1896 near a former gold mine on Lake Fairfield and added to in the early 1900s. It stood on Lake Fairfield near US 64 until 1986. Never renovated, a fire in 1986 exposed the fact the hotel was unsafe and it was demolished later that year. It was a sad loss for the Cashiers Valley. It was one of the few remaining grand Southern Railway (U.S.) Resort Hotels.