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Old Edwards Hospitality Group Finds New Ownership
Old Edwards Inn and Spa | June 18, 2024
Athens, GA Family, now at the Helm of its Companies and Properties HIGHLANDS, NC (June 18, 2024) — The South’s award-winning collection of hotels and clubs has found new ownership in James and Jessica Whitley of Athens, Georgia. On Friday, June 14, 2024, the sale of Old Edwards Hospitality Group’s assets was completed between long-time owners Art and Angela Williams and the Whitleys. Art and Angela Williams purchased Old Edwards Inn more than 20 years ago after visiting and falling in love with the town of Highlands in their younger years. Over the last two decades, they renovated the original inn and spa, added rooms, restaurants...
Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 156: Hotel History: Old Edwards Inn and Spa (1878), Highlands, North Carolina*; Hot Off The Press: My New Book
Stanley Turkel | February 15, 2016
By Stanley Turkel, CMHS 1. Hotel History: Old Edwards Inn and Spa (68 rooms) The Old Edwards Inn, Highland's earliest boarding house was built in 1878 by John Norton and known as the Central House. Norton combined four lots and constructed a two-and-a-half story frame structure with a gabled roof and a two-level front porch. The town of Highlands was founded in 1875 by Kansas developers who drew two lines on a map, one from Chicago to Savannah, the other from New York City to New Orleans, believing that the intersection would be good for trade. In 1880, Norton exchanged Central House with Joseph Halleck for Halleck's just comple...
