{"nrhp_refnum":"06000720","name":"Hotel Troy","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW corner of N. Main and Smitherman Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Montgomery County","state":"NC","lat":35.36259366300004,"lon":-79.89532743299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Science"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick commercial and hotel building at the northwest corner of North Main and Smitherman Streets in Troy, Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was erected in 1908 and enlarged in 1909 by Dr. Alexander F. Thompson.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a prominent example of Classical Revival architecture in Troy and the tallest structure in the town. It is also presented as tied to the commercial and medical development of the town, and as the only historic hotel building still standing in Montgomery County.","narrative":"Three-story brick building on a sloping corner lot at North Main and Smitherman Streets in Troy, built in 1908 and enlarged the following year by physician Alexander F. Thompson. Its smooth pressed-brick facade, brick panels, and molded metal cornices with urn motifs reflect the Classical Revival style. Three storefronts carry cast iron pilasters and columns from the Geo. L. Mesker & Co. foundry in Evansville, Indiana, while the lobby has patterned tile floors, tile wainscoting, and pressed metal ceilings. Built as a drug store, grocery, and furniture business, the building later housed a bank, clothing stores, and a medical clinic, and in 1925 Thompson converted the upper floors into a twenty-seven-bedroom hotel. The property is significant for its role in the commerce and medicine of early to mid-twentieth-century Troy and for its architectural design, which the nomination considers the best Classical Revival example in the town.","period_of_significance":"1908-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The hotel operated until about 1970 and was more of a boarding house at the end.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.612879-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/7214/47721417/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000720.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000720/eb06ca7124-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000720/eb06ca7124-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HOTEL_TROY,_MONTGOMERY_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HOTEL_TROY,_MONTGOMERY_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721417","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Troy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19462419"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/montgomery-county/hotel-troy-06000720/"}