Built as the Lookout Mountain Hotel during the tourism boom of the late 1920s and often called "The Castle in the Clouds", Carter Hall now serves Covenant College.

It became a school in 1964 and underwent several renovations over time, removing much of its historic fabric. In 2015, a rehabilitation project began that included removing non-historic materials, returning the original window configuration, repair and replacement where necessary of original Ludowici tile roofing, installation of a fire sprinkler system, reopening original exterior porches, returning the façade’s half-timbering, and most noticeably, reconstructing a tower and cupola that had been removed in the 1970s. Winner of a 2018 Georgia Trust Excellence in Rehabilitation Award. #georgia #architecture #historicpreservation #ludowicitile #1920s