Cherry Hotel

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Cherry Hotel
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Location333 E. Nash St., Wilson, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°43′24″N77°54′30″W / 35.723418°N 77.908412°W / 35.723418; -77.908412
Built1917
Built byStout, Joe W.
ArchitectBenton, Charles Collins
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No. 82003531 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 26, 1982

The Cherry Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was designed by Charles Collins Benton in Beaux Arts style and built in 1917. It is a six-story, U-shaped brick building with approximately 200 rooms. The interior features a two-story lobby with Art Deco style lighting fixtures. The hotel closed in 1981. [2] It was subsequently converted to apartments.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] It is located in the Wilson Central Business-Tobacco Warehouse Historic District.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. J. Robert Boykin III (June 1982). "Cherry Hotel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.