Lake Toxaway Hotel, North Carolina, 1911 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Library of Congress record: Toxaway Hotel and surroundings, Lake Toxaway, N.C.
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Lake Toxaway Hotel, North Carolina, 1911
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Lake Toxaway, in the mountains of Transylvania County, North Carolina, was a resort created in the early 1900s when a dam was built across the Toxaway River to form a large lake. In 1911 the Lake Toxaway Hotel stood at the center of this summer retreat, drawing well-to-do visitors from Southern cities who came to fish, rest, and escape the lowland heat. The surrounding county still depended mainly on farming and timber, so the resort offered a different kind of prosperity built on leisure and visitors' money. Guests reached the mountains by train to nearby towns and then by carriage or automobile over rough roads, which made the hotel feel remote and exclusive. The dam failure in 1916 would later end this resort era, but in 1911 local people knew the place as a fashionable mountain escape.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | pelton, herbert w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Carolina |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 699 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Toxaway Hotel and surroundings, Lake Toxaway, N.C. |
| Reference | NC 1911 Lake Toxaway Hotel |
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