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from WikipediaRead it all ↗Highlands was founded in 1875 after its two founders, Samuel Truman Kelsey and Clinton Carter Hutchinson, drew lines from Chicago to Savannah and from New Orleans to New York City. They felt that the place where these lines met would eventually become a great trading center and commercial crossroads. Highlands was named for its lofty elevation.
In the 1930s the town became a golfing mecca when Bobby Jones of Atlanta and some of his well-heeled golfing buddies founded the Highlands Country Club.
Today that club is one of seven successful residential country club communities in the area. The Highlands Country Club is south of Highlands on Dillard Road (North Carolina Highway 106).
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CommonsOconee Bell (Shortia galacifolia var. galacifolia) blossom2017
CommonsGlade Mountain and Redside Mountain2015
CommonsBaldwin-Coker Cottage - 266 Lower Lake Rd, Highlnds, NC - 022014
DocumentGreetings from Highlands, North Carolina, The Roof Garden o…2013
CommonsStreet in2011
CommonsHarris Lake200612 historic places in Highlands
Highlands has 12 listings on the National Register, and they protect 81 historic buildings, because Satulah Mountain Historic District alone counts 44.
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Architectural styles
When they were listed
Listed 1990Highlands Inn
Listed 1992Edwards Hotel
Listed 1996Church of the Incarnation
Listed 1996First Presbyterian Church
Listed 2003Cabin Ben
Listed 2003Baldwin-Coker Cottage
Listed 2008Thomas Grant Harbison House
Listed 2017Elizabeth Wright Prince HouseListed 1995Satulah Mountain Historic DistrictListed 2002Playmore-Bowery Road Historic DistrictListed 2011Highlands North Historic DistrictListed 2022Skyline LodgeThen & now
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