by Alli Marshall | Dec 19, 2022 | Timeline Stories
Businessman Morris Meyers built the inn at 100 Biltmore Ave. (then called Main Street) in 1911 and opened it in 1912. But when it came to the day-to-day operations, he hired Flora McDonald Sorrell to run the inn. The place quickly became known as Flora Sorrell’s...
by Alli Marshall | Dec 18, 2022 | Timeline Stories
Overlook — located on Sunset Mountain (and visible in winter from the Tunnel Road Ingles parking lot) — was constructed by Fred Seely beginning in 1914. It “took a decade to complete, though he, his wife, and five children moved in by about 1916, when it was still a...