Reynolds Blue Ridge

Reynolds Blue Ridge is based on the tradition of excellence established at the famed Reynolds Plantation. Due to a defined vision and a managed growth plan for the community, the pioneer owners at the Plantation have realized a significant gain in home value over time. And now with the same expertise and passion, our team is bringing a modern mountain lifestyle to the pristine natural surroundings of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Western North Carolina... a lifestyle centered around the vision of a restful yet vibrant family retreat that evolved from the Reynolds family philosophy, “Linger Longer,” over 100 years ago.

The Linger Longer story began in the early 20th century with a pair of cousins: Mercer Reynolds, Sr., and James Madison Reynolds. Although both men were born in Greene County, Georgia, Mercer moved to Chattanooga in the 1920s, while James assembled land in the Greene County area for timber production.  In Greene County’s Oconee River Valley, the Reynolds family built their beloved hunting and fishing lodge, The Rock House, on land they’d come to call “Linger Longer” ( so named because of Mercer’s desire to remain at the retreat when it was time to make the long journey home).  By the 1930s the combined land holdings of the Reynolds family approximated 10,000 acres.

Decades later, a lake was created in the valley, and the grandchildren of the original landowners sought the best use of the land that their family had owned for so many years. In 1985, the vision to build a community where families could establish their own lifelong memories in a pristine, lakefront setting was formed.  Reynolds Plantation has since stayed true to the tenets of Building Value Beyond Expectation, Leaving a Legacy, and Growing Responsibly, in Harmony with Nature. 

Reynolds Signature Communities is more than a brand – it is a family’s commitment, refined over the course of a century, to delivering on promises.  Of the many things that “Reynolds Signature” represents – family togetherness, superior golf, complete communities, unmatched lifestyle, and the tenets of Reynolds Plantation noted above – it is this commitment that defines a Reynolds Signature Community.