Near Lake Toxaway in Transylvania County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Baccus Lodge c. 1907
Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 14, 2019
1. Baccus Lodge c. 1907 Marker
Marker is on the caretaker's cabin, called Damascus Cabin.
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.
Location. 35° 9.699′ N, 82° 59.835′ W. Marker is near Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, in Transylvania County. Marker can be reached from Canaan Land Road north of Cold Mountain Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 192 Canaan Land Rd, Lake Toxaway NC 28747, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Greystone Inn (approx. 2.9 miles away); Lake Toxaway United Methodist Church (approx. 3.9 miles away); The Church of the Good Shepherd (approx. 6.7 miles away); Wade Hampton (approx. 6.7 miles away); Zachary-Tolbert House (approx. 6.8 miles away); NASA Tracking (approx. 9.3 miles away); Grimshawes (approx. 9.6 miles away); What's in a Name? (approx. 9.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lake Toxaway.
Regarding Baccus Lodge c. 1907. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
Edward M. Backus, of Chicago, also developed a keen interest in the commercial and recreational resources of the region. In 1904 and 1906 he acquired bylong-term lease residential land in the Sapphire Inn area from the Toxaway Company. In 1906 he bought outright 1450 acres of woodland on the Blue Ridge atop Cold Mountain Gap near Lake Toxaway, where he subsequently built his hunting lodge. In 1909 he acquired 640 acres of land near the Sapphire Inn, where he had interests in corundum mining and milling. He frequented the Toxaway Inn wit h his wife, and no doubt consorted with notables of the time whose names appear in the Toxaway Inn guest register along with Backus: George Vanderbilt, Carl Schenk, Henry M. Flagler and Thomas Edison, as well as Jerome Moltz of Pittsburgh and J. L. Lupton of Chattanooga, both of whom purchased property from Backus at later dates.
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Also see . . . E. M. Backus Lodge. Wikipedia entry on the 21-acre complex. (Submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 14, 2019
2. Galatia Cabin National Register plaque
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3. E.M. Baccus Lodge
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4. The E.M. Backus Lodge
The 1903 lodge is one of the few surviving examples of American Chestnut log construction in North Carolina. The complex is now used as a Christian summer retreat.
Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 14, 2019
5. The Damascus Cabin
This caretaker's cottage was built in 1908.
Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 14, 2019
6. The Galatia Cabin
It was built c. 1922.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 160 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on December 24, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
