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The Lookout Mountain Hotel
The Lookout Mountain Hotel is a grand resort hotel that was built on Lookout Mountain in Dade County, Georgia in 1928. The building is now part of the Covenant College campus, where it is named Carter Hall. It is nicknamed "The Castle in the Clouds". It is a five-story building designed by architect R.H. Hunt, Reuben Harrison (R.H.) Hunt, and opened as a hotel on June 23, 1928. It was built as part of a tourism surge in the area. Nearby attractions similarly built in the Dixie Highway area there, and were supported by the 1927 paving of roads there, are Fairyland Inn (1925), Rock City Gardens (1932), and Ruby Falls (1930). It was extensively renovated in the late 1970s but was restored to be more like the original over a period of a decade, ending in 2017. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. References External links * Hotels in Georgia (U.S. state) National Register of Historic Places in Dade County, Georgia Buildings and structures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Lookout Mountain is a city entirely within Walker County, Georgia, United States. Bordering its sister town of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Lookout Mountain is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan statistical area. The population was 1,641 at the 2020 census. The city is located on Lookout Mountain, home to such attractions as Rock City. This city is often named as home to Covenant College, but the college is actually across the county line in Dade County. Geography Lookout Mountain is located at (34.975307, -85.354826). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km2), all of it land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,641 people, 612 households, and 465 families residing in the city. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 1,617 people, 618 households, and 441 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 657 housing units at an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
