Sherrill's Inn

Sherrill's Inn is a historic house near Fairview in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The property originated around 1845 as a log dwelling and functioned as an inn during much of the nineteenth century. Its architecture reflects the saddle-bag form, a regional building type in which two adjoining sections are arranged around a central passage or shared structural relationship. The principal building is described as a four-bay-by-two-bay log house that was later raised to two stories and covered with weatherboarding. A second two-story log structure, originally separate from the main house, is attached to it. The wider historic property also includes a stone spring house and a log meat house, both identified as contributing resources to the site's historic character. The inn's significance is tied primarily to its role as a local lodging and waystation during the nineteenth century, as well as to the survival of its vernacular construction. Rather than representing a modern hospitality brand or a continuing commercial chain, Sherrill's Inn is principally recognized as an individual historic property and cultural landmark. The surviving buildings document domestic and hospitality practices in western North Carolina and illustrate the adaptation of log construction over time, including the later enlargement and weatherboarding of the main structure. Sherrill's Inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Its listing places the property within the United States' formal historic-preservation framework and acknowledges both the building's architectural qualities and its historical association with nineteenth-century innkeeping. The property is also represented in the Historic American Buildings Survey, which produced measured drawings documenting the site. Available reference material does not establish a current operating inn business, a present owner, a commercial website, or a corporate affiliation. Accordingly, the subject is best treated as a historic place rather than as an active hospitality brand.

Sherrill's Inn was built around 1845 near present-day Fairview in Buncombe County, North Carolina. It began as a log house and was used as an inn through much of the nineteenth century. The property belongs to a period when rural inns served travelers moving through western North Carolina, providing lodging and refreshment in communities outside larger urban centers. Its continued identification by the inn name reflects that historical function, although the available material does not document the identities of the operators or the complete sequence of ownership. The main building is a four-bay-by-two-bay log house of the saddle-bag variety. It was later increased to two stories and covered with weatherboarding, changes that indicate the structure evolved beyond its original form as the property’s uses and requirements changed. An originally separate two-story log building, two bays wide and two bays deep, was subsequently attached to the principal house. The site also retains a stone spring house and a log meat house. These ancillary buildings help convey the practical infrastructure associated with a nineteenth-century rural residence and inn, including water storage or cooling and the preparation or preservation of food. The property’s significance is therefore architectural as well as historical. Its buildings preserve evidence of regional log construction, later expansion, and the domestic and service arrangements that supported an inn. The combination of the main house, attached log building, spring house, and meat house provides a more complete picture of the historic property than the principal structure alone. Sherrill's Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The designation formally recognized the site as a historic resource and supported its interpretation as part of North Carolina's built heritage. Documentation was also prepared through the Historic American Buildings Survey. The HABS record includes 20 measured drawings associated with Sherrill's Inn, providing architectural documentation of the property. The supplied sources do not establish that Sherrill's Inn currently operates as a lodging business, nor do they identify a present proprietor, preservation organization, or commercial management company. Its contemporary identity is consequently that of a historic house and documented heritage site, not a verified active hotel or inn brand.

• 1975

  National Register listing

  [1]Sherrill's Innen.wikipedia.org

  Sherrill's Inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

• 1845

  Construction of the inn property

  [1]Sherrill's Innen.wikipedia.org

  The log house now known as Sherrill's Inn was built around this time near Fairview in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

• 1800

  Nineteenth-century inn operation

  [1]Sherrill's Innen.wikipedia.org

  The property served as an inn during much of the nineteenth century; the available source does not provide a more precise operating date.

A preserved nineteenth-century North Carolina inn and vernacular architectural landmark rather than a documented contemporary hospitality business.

1. 1Sherrill's Innen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Historic American Buildings Survey No. NC-226: Sherrill's Innloc.gov