Darden Hotel (Hamilton, North Carolina)

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Darden Hotel
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LocationMain St., Hamilton, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°56′33″N77°12′32″W / 35.94250°N 77.20889°W / 35.94250; -77.20889 Coordinates: 35°56′33″N77°12′32″W / 35.94250°N 77.20889°W / 35.94250; -77.20889
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1843 (1843)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, frame temple-form building
NRHP reference No. 75001280 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1975

Darden Hotel, also known as Conoho House and Hamilton House, is a historic hotel building located at Hamilton, Martin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1843, and is a two-story, three bay by four bay, temple form frame building in the Greek Revival style. It features a superimposed vernacular Ionic order double portico. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [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. Robert Topkins; Charles Blume; Catherine W. Cockshutt (September 1975). "Darden Hotel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.