Antique Highlands N.C. - Before 1960

For this specific project, I am focused on my town – Highlands, North Carolina. I have lived in the same house ever since I was 2 years old. Highlands is more than just my home, though. Not only did my great great grandfather, Billy Webb, assist in the development of Highlands, but he made sure that the beginning was preserved. Now, almost two centuries later, Highlands is known has an antique town. There are various historical aspects in town that help preserve its history. This brings me to my theme, Antique Highlands – Before 1960. I picked 1960 because I feel like anything made before that year can be considered antique. Highlands is full of historical landmarks and I want to present them, through unique perspectives of course, to everyone that might not have the opportunity to visit this amazing town. I hope it will encourage people to vacation here!

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Bob Padgett Tulip Poplar This tree was discovered in the 1600's and is one of the oldest landmarks in Highlands. It is now known as the "Bob Padgett Tulip Poplar" because Forest Ranger Bob Padgett saved the tree from a clear-cutting project in 1966. It is 127 feet tall with a girth of 20 feet.	Bob Padgett Tulip Poplar 2	Bob Padgett Tulip Poplar Plaque
Cleaveland Home Although the actual year of this building is not known, it was one of the earliest homes in Highlands. It was built in the mid 1800's by John Norton, one of the first settlers in the town, for the Cleaveland family.	Cleaveland Home Plaque	House-Trapier-Wright (Prince) House This building served as the home of Arthur House, the builder, and other families including the Trapier's and Wright's. Year: 1877
Prince House Plaque	Grimshawes Post Office This small building served as the Highland's Post Office for 75 years. It was moved to more than one different location for convenience and then when another post office was built directly in town the building was moved again back to its original location. While it was still operating, this post office was registered as the smallest post office in the United States. Year: 1878	Post Office Sign
Post Office Information	Old Edwards Inn This building was built by John Norton in 1878 and was originally called the Central House. This was one of the first hotels in Highlands and was very successful from the beginning. The original building was reconstructed in 1935. This renovation still remains the same today and is pictured above.	Old Edwards Inn Plaque
3.jpg	Highlands Inn Plaque	Horse Cove Hollow Circa: 1881
Horse Cove Hollow 2	Horse Cove Hollow Plaque	The Old Jail This small building served as Highlands' first jail. With only two barred windows and one door, this building was eventually too small for a jail and was shut down. No renovations have been made to the building and it looks like it will stand for quite some time in the future due to its very sturdy construction. Year: 1885
Town Hall What is now the Town Hall of Highlands was the first school ever built. Thomas Harbison, another famous settler with various historical landmarks accredited to him, was the only teacher at this school when it was built in 1886. MANY other schools have been used for Highlands' education throughout the years.	Old School Bell @ Town Hall	Town Hall Plaque
Episcopal Church of the Incarnation This building was the first church built in Highlands in 1896. The original building still remains, but there have been renovations in the back and a complete new addition to the building.	Episcopal Church Plaque	Whiteside Cove Community Center This building, which served as a church, school, and community center, was built in 1917 by the first white settler in Whiteside Cove, Barack Norton.
Whiteside Cove Plaque	Highlands Santorium Tent One of 60 open-air cubicles built in 1908 at today's Recreation Park for patients under the care of Dr. Mary E. Lapham, whose TB sanatorium was one of the first in North Carolina. Although moved to Chestnut Street when the sanatorium ("Bug Hill") burned in 1918, it was returned to its original site in 2006 to memorialize Dr. Lapham's role as a devoted savior of many Highlanders from the most virulent and dreaded disease of early twentieth-century America.	Highlands Sanatorium Tent 2
4.jpg	Sequoyah Dam 2	Sequoyah Dam Weathered Plaque The plaque reads: "Highlands N.C. Hydro-Electric Plant. 1927. Town Officials: J. Jay Smith - Mayor. Board of Aldermen: G. B. Edwards, C.N. Wright, L W. Rice, P. H. Potts, G. W. Marett L. W. Rice - Clerk & Treasurer Warren H. Booker, Charlotte, N.C. - Consulting Engineer Tucker and Laxton, INC., Charlotte' N.C. - Contractors"