Linville Falls Tavern Explained

Linville Falls Tavern, (former)
Location:U.S. Route 221 at Linville Falls, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.9589°N -81.9431°W
Builder:Lenoir Franklin
Architecture:Rustic Revival
Added:December 28, 2000
Area:Less than
Refnum:00001554

Linville Falls Tavern, now known as Famous Louise's Rock House Restaurant, is a historic tavern located at Linville Falls, at the tri-point between Burke County, Avery County, and McDowell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1936, and is a -story, eight-bay, native stone Rustic Revival-style building. It has a hipped roof with dormers and two stone chimneys.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Helen Cain and Nancy Van Dolsen. Linville Falls Tavern. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January–September 2000. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.