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The Mimosa Inn
& Restaurant
Tryon, NC |
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Built in
1903, the Mimosa Inn has been a landmark and social
gathering place in this area for more than a century. Most
long time residents have enjoyed the Inn either as
over-night guests, visitors at a social event or wedding or
in its dining room. For almost two centuries, the public
houses of this estate have received travelers and the spirit
of those early days has not departed. There is an air of
rest and quiet that calls the traveler and city-weary folk
to enjoy the hospitality reminiscent of the old days when
this house was the Grand Mansion of the region, where friend
and stranger alike received a warm welcome.
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In
the mid 1870's the coming of the railroad caused a grand
hotel with 50 rooms to be built to
accommodate travelers coming from the cold
northern mid-west and hot low land areas of the
south. This was a time when many people traveled for
their health and TB was a common ailment. Tryon,
with its wonderful weather aided by its "Thermal Belt",
was found to be advantageous for sufferers of this
disease. Some large homes that are now Inns in the Tryon
area were even converted into sanitariums to aid in its
treatment.
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In 1903 the Mimosa Hotel
expanded by adding a separate 10,000
square foot 2
story "casino" building which included two bowling
alleys, club rooms with billiard and pool
tables and a ballroom with a vaulted ceiling which took
up the entire second floor.
In
1916 the main hotel building burned to the
ground, leaving only the 4 chimneys standing. In an
effort to carry on the tradition the "casino" was
remodeled into what is
now the Mimosa Inn.
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The Mansion is situated on
almost four acres and enjoys a
spectacular presence when viewed from Highway 108.
Entrance is from Mimosa Inn Lane, through flanking
pillars, once the entrance to the Grand Estate. Driving
down the 300’ driveway past the large patio, you come to
the port-cochre’ and it’s accompanying 50’ rear veranda
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