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MAKING HISTORY, MAKING NEWS

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JANUARY 2026 | THE HIGHLANDER NEWSPAPER

Cashiers Historical Society wins GDUSA award

The Cashiers Historical Society’s exhibit, “Let No One Be a Stranger Here”: High Hampton Inn & the Making of Modern Cashiers, was announced as a winner of the 62nd Annual GDUSA Design Awards on Dec. 18, marking the second Graphic Design USA accolade received by the CHS this year…

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DECEMBER 2025 | LAUREL MAGAZINE

Preserving the Past Engaging the Future

A growing Young Preservationists program brings fresh energy to CHS and strengthens community ties across Cashiers Valley…

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DECEMBER 2025 | LAUREL MAGAZINE

Preserving the Past with Purpose

The Library Kitchen & Bar earns the 2025 Village Heritage Award for its thoughtful restoration of the Monteith-Jennings House, honoring Cashiers’ architectural legacy…

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JUNE 2025 | LAUREL MAGAZINE

2025 Jan Wyatt Symposium Speakers Announced!

The countdown is on — only 10 days until our annual Jan Wyatt Symposium…

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JANUARY 2025 | ATLANTA HOMES MAGAZINE

The 2024 Cashiers Designer Showhouse Proves that Mountain Living is Chicer than Ever

Surrounded by garden glories and featuring a mix of classic style and modern design details, the 2024 Cashiers Designer Showhouse showcased elevated mountain living…

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OCTOBER 2024 | PLATEAU MAGAZINE

Transforming the Cashiers Designer Showhouse

The Cashiers Designer Showhouse has been a beloved week in the Cashiers-Highlands area for 27 years. It features entertaining, interactive, and classy events that double as the Cashiers Historical Society's (CHS) most integral and successful fundraiser…

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OCTOBER 2024 | LAUREL MAGAZINE

Cashiers Village Heritage Award

Each year, the Cashiers Historical Society awards a local business or organization the Village Heritage Award. The award recognizes the thoughtful preservation or adaptive reuse of a commercial building in Cashiers’ business district…

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JULY 2024 | LAUREL MAGAZINE

Memories of Life in Cashiers

Robert W. “Bud” Hyatt spent an idyllic boyhood in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s in Cashiers, roaming the forests and countryside, hiking up Chimney Top, Whiteside and Rock Mountains, and enjoying the opportunities at High Hampton.…

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AUGUST 2024 | SOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE

13 Best Things To Do In Cashiers, North Carolina

When temperatures soar across the South, you don't have to travel far to find a welcome respite from the heat. Or to see breathtaking fall foliage as temperatures start to drop as summer turns to fall. Cashiers, North Carolina, is a town built upon a plateau in the Blue Ridge Mountains…

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AUGUST 2024 | PLATEAU MAGAZINE

The Cashiers Historical Society’s 2024 Designer Showhouse

Aside from family homes and estates on the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau that have been passed down for generations, there are only two ways to acquire a home here: build one or buy one. This year, the esteemed Cashiers Historical Society (CHS) brings us the latter with its 2024 Cashiers Designer Showhouse offering…

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JUNE 2023 | OUR STATE MAGAZINE

Whispering Pine in Cashiers

One of the first settlers in Jackson County built a house for his family that still stands more than a century and a half later. Those who called the place home left their mark — and their memories — on the wooden walls…

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OCTOBER 2022 | LAUREL MAGAZINE

Celebrating the Historic

From the very beginning, Cashiers Historical Society has been dedicated to raising awareness of the historic buildings existing in Cashiers. The 501(c)(3) organization has taken a proactive role in the continued preservation of the historic buildings remaining in Cashiers through a variety of projects which continue to bring awareness to these structures…

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FEBRUARY 2021 | PLATEAU MAGAZINE

Preserving the Village

Proud of earlier generations and their storied paths, various groups and individuals had long collected historical information relevant to Cashiers, but prior to 1996 there had never been an organized effort to preserve the history of the vibrant mountain village…

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AUGUST 2018 | ABC13 NEWS (WLOS)

Historic Cashiers schoolhouse moved to new location

The High Hampton Golf Club in Cashiers is expanding its golf course, but a historic schoolhouse that sat on its land was in the way.

In an effort to save the schoolhouse, the golf course worked with the Cashiers Historical Society to come up with a plan to move the structure, starting with putting it up on a big truck…

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