Lookout Mountain Hotel
National Register of Historic Places

Lookout Mountain Hotel

Lookout Mountain, Dade County, Georgia
Listed
February 27, 2019
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100003423

About this property

The Lookout Mountain Hotel is a grand resort hotel that was built on Lookout Mountain in Dade County, Georgia in 1928. The building is now part of the Covenant College campus, where it is named Carter Hall. It is nicknamed "The Castle in the Clouds". It is a five-story building designed by architect Reuben Harrison (R.H.) Hunt, and opened as a hotel on June 23, 1928. It was built as part of a tourism surge in the area. Nearby attractions similarly built in the Dixie Highway area there, and were supported by the 1927 paving of roads there, are Fairyland Inn (1925), Rock City Gardens (1932), and Ruby Falls (1930). It was extensively renovated in the late 1970s but was restored to be more like the original over a period of a decade, ending in 2017. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

Location

14049 Scenic Hwy.
Lookout Mountain, Dade County, Georgia
34.96538, -85.37505

Categories

ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATIONARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Lookout Mountain Fairyland Club
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Nearby Battles

Battle of Chattanooga — Wauhatchie Night Attack
1863Civil War
1.7 mi
Battle of Lookout Mountain Nov 24 1863
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1.9 mi
Battle of Chattanooga — Lookout Mountain (Battle Above the Clouds)
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When was Lookout Mountain Hotel listed on the National Register?

Lookout Mountain Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 2019.

What type of historic resource is Lookout Mountain Hotel?

Lookout Mountain Hotel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Lookout Mountain Hotel?

The period of significance for Lookout Mountain Hotel is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1928.

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