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View, Young's Hotel, Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina

Young's Hotel (Bakersville, N.C.)
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041)
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Item information

Title:
View, Young's Hotel, Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Hotels
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Item identifier:
bh0352p01
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Bakersville (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:
Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:
For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
Funding:
Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Building: Young's Hotel (Bakersville, Mitchell County, North Carolina)

Delineator:
more info on Robinson, Michael S. 
Built:
Demolished:
Community:
Bakersville
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Ruben J. Young (innkeeper), first owner
Architectural note:
The outbuildings included men's and women's outhouses, stables, a spring house, a sample house for salesmen to display goods, and a dining room connected to the inn by a breezeway. The grounds housed gardens that produced fruits and vegetables used for feeding guests.
Historical note:
Famous guests that stayed at the hotel included John Jacob Astor, and George and Annie Vanderbilt. The hotel and outbuildings were torn down in 1967.
Location:
Bakersville (N.C.)
Subjects:
Demolished buildings
Historic buildings
Hotels
Lost architecture