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Ben-Wiley Hotel

Coordinates: 35°34′51″N 78°47′59″W / 35.58083°N 78.79972°W / 35.58083; -78.79972
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Ben-Wiley Hotel
Ben Wiley Hotel, August 2006
Ben-Wiley Hotel is located in North Carolina
Ben-Wiley Hotel
Ben-Wiley Hotel is located in the United States
Ben-Wiley Hotel
Location331 S. Main St., Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina
Coordinates35°34′51″N 78°47′59″W / 35.58083°N 78.79972°W / 35.58083; -78.79972
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925)
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
MPSWake County MPS
NRHP reference No.97000195[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1997

Ben-Wiley Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Fuquay-Varina, Wake County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925, and is a Bungalow / American Craftsman style frame building consisting of two hip-roofed blocks; the two-story main block with a hip roofed front porch, and a two-story rear block. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has widely overhanging eaves. It was converted from 12 hotel rooms to 6 apartments in 1947.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1] It is also a Contributing Property to the Fuquay Springs 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. ^ Beth P. Thomas (June 1996). "Ben-Wiley Hotel" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.