Railway Clerks' Mountain House

Railway Clerks' Mountain House, also known as the Mountain Home, Clerks' Mountain Home, and Orchard Inn, is a historic country inn located near Saluda, Polk County, North Carolina. The inn ("home") was built in 1926, and is a two-story, six-bay, frame building with Colonial Revival and American Craftsman style design influences. It has a hipped roof and features a full width hip-roofed one-story porch supported by slender Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are three contributing guest cottages built about 1926: the "Paulownia" Cottage, "Boxwood" Cottage, and "Twin Poplar" Cottage. The property was originally developed by the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks of the Southern Railway System as a summer retreat. The union retained the property until 1962.[2]

Railway Clerks' Mountain House
Railway Clerks' Mountain House is located in North Carolina
Railway Clerks' Mountain House
Railway Clerks' Mountain House is located in the United States
Railway Clerks' Mountain House
Location100 Orchard Inn Lane (U.S. Route 176, 0.6 miles (0.97 km) southeast of the junction with Ozone Rd.), near Saluda, North Carolina
Coordinates35°13′50″N 82°20′10″W / 35.23056°N 82.33611°W / 35.23056; -82.33611
Area12.2 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1926 (1926)
Architectural stylecraftsman-influenced
NRHP reference No.00000842[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 28, 2000

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Langdon E. Oppermann (October 1999). "Railway Clerks' Mountain House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
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