Fair Forest Hotel

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Fair Forest Hotel
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Fair Forest Hotel, March 2012
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Location221 E. Main St., Union, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°42′56″N81°37′20″W / 34.71556°N 81.62222°W / 34.71556; -81.62222
Arealess than one acre
Built1924 (1924)-1926
Built byKing Lumber Co.
ArchitectJones, H. Olin
NRHP reference No. 84000346 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 1984

Fair Forest Hotel is a historic hotel building located in Union, South Carolina. It was built from 1924 to 1926, and it is a five-story steel and concrete building faced with brick and limestone in the Neo-Classical style. The building has a one-story base, a three-story shaft section, and a one-story capital with a Corinthian order cornice. [2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It is located in the Union Downtown 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. Paul Gettys; Mary Watson Edmonds; John Wells (August 1984). "Fair Forest Hotel" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
  3. "Fair Forest Hotel, Union County (221 E. Main St., Union)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved July 1, 2014.