Kilby Hotel Explained

Kilby Hotel
Coordinates:35.9611°N -80.0006°W
Architecture:Early Commercial
Added:April 22, 1982
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:82003460

Kilby Hotel is a historic hotel building located at High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. It was built in 1910, and is a three-story, brick building with shops on its first story. It has a shallow bracketed canopy, fine brickwork, and arched windows. The hotel was one of High Point's most important black owned businesses and served predominantly African-American patrons.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. In 2012, the structure was deemed unsafe, and it was demolished in 2014 after two of its walls collapsed in a storm.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JoAnn Williford and Jim Sumner. Kilby Hotel . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1981. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-12-01.
  2. News: Crews Demolishing Historic Kilby Hotel in High Point. Wynne. Kim. June 12, 2014. Fox8. March 17, 2016.