Ben-Wiley Hotel

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Ben-Wiley Hotel
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Ben Wiley Hotel, August 2006
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Location331 S. Main St., Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°34′51″N78°47′59″W / 35.58083°N 78.79972°W / 35.58083; -78.79972
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPS Wake County MPS
NRHP reference No. 97000195 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1997

Ben-Wiley Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a Bungalow / American Craftsman style frame building consisting of two hip-roofed blocks; the two-story main block with a hip roofed front porch, and a two-story rear block. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has widely overhanging eaves. It was converted from 12 hotel rooms to 6 apartments in 1947. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Beth P. Thomas (June 1996). "Ben-Wiley Hotel" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.