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Half-Mile Farm by Old Edwards
Highlands, North Carolina, United States · Old Edwards · High Luxury
The rambling white farmhouse Parthenia and Wiley Smith built in the early 1880s as a working Blue Ridge farm, with poultry, dairy cattle, and orchards, is now an adults-only country inn on fourteen acres beside Apple Lake. Old Edwards Hospitality Group bought it in 2015 and expanded it to 34 rooms, including historic wooden cabins reassembled on-site from mid-1800s mountain houses gathered across the South.
- 34 rooms
- Opened 2001
About Half-Mile Farm by Old Edwards
- Beth and Jack Henry bought the farm in 1998, added two guest-room wings and a swimming pool, and opened The Inn at Half-Mile Farm in 2001.
- The 2015 Old Edwards expansion added a deluxe wing and a glass-walled dining room looking onto the fields.
- Sister properties in downtown Highlands include Relais & Chateaux Old Edwards Inn & Spa and 200 Main by Old Edwards, the 2014 restoration of the former Mountain High Lodge.
History
The rambling white farmhouse at the heart of Half-Mile Farm began life in the early 1880s as a private home, reportedly built by Parthenia and Wiley Smith on their rural acreage where they raised poultry, a dairy herd, fruit orchards, and vegetable gardens. In its early years the farmhouse did double duty as a boardinghouse, and it passed through several owners before being developed into a country inn.
In 1998 the property was acquired by Beth and Jack Henry, who added two wings of guest rooms to the original structure, put in a swimming pool, and opened it as The Inn at Half-Mile Farm in 2001. In 2015 the Old Edwards Hospitality Group—owner of the acclaimed Old Edwards Inn & Spa in downtown Highlands—purchased the property, adding a wing of deluxe rooms and a glass-walled dining room for a total of 34 accommodations.
Today Half-Mile Farm is a rustic-luxe, adults-only retreat spread across roughly fourteen acres of fields, forests, and lakes in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Lodging ranges from rooms in the historic main lodge to newer Woodland suites and a cluster of historic wooden cabins reassembled on-site from mid-1800s mountain cabins gathered from across the South.
The setting
3 miles from Bridal Veil Falls.
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