Lambuth Inn, also known as Mission Centenary Inn and the Lambeth Hotel, is a historic

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

building located at

Lake Junaluska Lake Junaluska is a census-designated place (CDP) in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States, and a manmade lake in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake Junaluska is named after nearby ...

, Haywood County, North Carolina. It was built in 1921, and is a large

Classic Revival Neoclassicism (also spelled Neo-classicism) was a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassicism was ...

style building consisting of a long rectangular block with three short rear wings. It is flanked by buff-colored brick additions extending symmetrically from each end, one made in 1956 and one in 1964.Lake Junaluska Assembly Archives, SEJ Heritage Center, Lake Junaluska, NC. It features a massive pedimented

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

with six three-story

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...

columns. It was the main hotel facility of the

United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelical ...

's Lake Junaluska Assembly. Renovation was done in 1983-1984 and 2018. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1982.

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* Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Hotel buildings completed in 1921 Buildings and structures in Haywood County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Haywood County, North Carolina Lake Junaluska, North Carolina {{HaywoodCountyNC-NRHP-stub