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Cherry Hotel

Coordinates: 35°43′24″N 77°54′30″W / 35.723418°N 77.908412°W / 35.723418; -77.908412
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Cherry Hotel
Cherry Hotel is located in North Carolina
Cherry Hotel
Cherry Hotel is located in the United States
Cherry Hotel
Location333 E. Nash St., Wilson, North Carolina
Coordinates35°43′24″N 77°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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.