Claim: A member of the National Register of Historic Places since 1982, Pine Crest Inn is a historic restort inn complex that was built in 1906 where inn and three of the ten cottages were for the Thermal Belt Sanatorium for tuberculosis care, then the remaining cottages were built after the conversion of the property to an inn in 1917.
Evidence: Pine Crest Inn is a historic resort inn complex located in Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. The inn and three of the ten cottages were built in 1906 as the Thermal Belt Sanatorium for tuberculosis care. The remaining cottages were built after the conversion of the property to an inn in 1917. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.