Highlands ยท Main Street
Old Edwards Inn
A c. 1880 boarding house and its 1935 Alpine-style brick wing, run by the Edwards family until 1970; book 'Historic Inn' rooms to sleep in them.
- Built
- c. 1880Older frame section built about 1880 (Norton House, later Central House); brick three-story hotel wing added 1935.
- Style
- Frame vernacular with an Alpine/Italianate brick wing
- Architect
- Linton H. Young of Atlanta (1935 wing)
- Type
- Resort
- Area
- Main Street
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
The older frame section was built about 1880 and ran for almost fifty years as a boarding house (Norton House) and then an inn (Central House). In 1935 Atlanta architect Linton H. Young added a three-story brick hotel wing in an Alpine style with Italianate details that the NR calls unique in the region. The Edwards family ran the hotel from 1914 until 1970, when the dilapidated buildings closed. A 1982 renovation adapted the buildings for modern guests, and they are now the historic core of the Old Edwards resort.
Good to know
- Address: 445 Main Street, Highlands, NC 28741
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.