Carolina Hotel

Contributors:

L.M. Thompson, architect

Dates:

1927-1928

Location:

Sanford, Lee County

Street Address:

102 Carthage St.

Status:

Standing

Type:

Commercial

Images Published In:

J. Daniel Pezzoni, The History & Architecture of Lee County, North Carolina (1995).

Note:

The 4-story, brick Carolina Hotel was built almost immediately after the grander Wilrik Hotel in downtown Sanford, which had been designed by Greensboro architect C. Gadsden Sayre. The Carolina Hotel is simply detailed, with a Romanesque Revival arched entrance and terra cotta decorations.