116 Globe Road, Blowing Rock, NC 28605

Property Description

GO BACK IN TIME TO A MORE GENTEEL ERA. CIRCA 1898 SPRING HAVEN INN has been offering hospitality to visitors since its origin as a stagecoach tollgate inn on the Old Yonahlossee Turnpike. Later it was moved to its site across from St. Mary's of the Hills Church. On a sloping grassy corner of Main Street and Globe Road, this cedar-shake home has 6 bedrooms and 6 1/2 baths, some with claw-footed tubs. Four massive Grandfather Mountain stone fireplaces grace the parlor and den and 2 bedrooms. You can imagine your great-grandparents rocking long ago on the covered front porch that overlooks the gently sloping wide grassy lawn up to Main St. In the CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, the inn is adjacent to the famous 19th & 20th Century American painter, Elliot Daingerfield's Edgewood Cottage & the elegant Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. Renovate the inn to a new destiny or imagine a different future for the gorgeous site. There is no buildable site to compare to in the central business district of Blowing Rock. The Spring Haven site offers an unprecedented opportunity for a creative entrepreneur-boutique hotel; restaurant; condos; townhomes; retail; office or a combination of uses. Building square footage of 1925 sq, ft.-disallowed the 2nd floor containing1468 sq, ft. because ceilings height is under 8' ft. Total square footage is 3393, Second floor heated and cooled by four min-splits. Building built to 19th Century standards. There is an unheated basement that once contained living quarters. Main Street road frontage is 138 feet. Globe Road frontage is 168 feet. Good potential easy access. Spring Haven offers the chance of a lifetime to develop and own a prime Main Street commercial property! Jenkins Rentals manages the property and reservations for the inn.