High Hampton’s Next Act
May 17, 2021
4 minutes
By Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
TIM ROBISON
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“High Hampton was cherished by the McKee family for so long that we all really want to do what’s right for the property”
For generations, much of High Hampton’s summer-camp charm stemmed from the resort seeming impervious to change. The getaway served as a time capsule in the heart of the Blue Ridge in Cashiers, North Carolina, where days consisted of morning waterfall hikes and lazy afternoons spent fishing and swimming in the property’s fifteen-acre lake, ringed in banks of pale pink mountain laurel. Evenings hummed with Scrabble tournaments and bingo. It was a place where guests still dressed for dinner, and air-conditioning amounted to a few windows thrown open
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