{"nrhp_refnum":"79003344","name":"Hotel Charlotte","other_names":["Queen Charlotte Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"327 W. Trade St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlotte","county":"Mecklenburg County","state":"NC","lat":35.22867841200008,"lon":-80.84528694599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A thirteen-story hotel at 327 West Trade Street at the corner of Trade and Poplar streets in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina. It was built by citizen subscription and opened in March 1924 with 250 rooms.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel helped drive Charlotte's growth into a major regional trade and banking center in the early twentieth century. It is presented as a key symbol of that growth and as a representative example of tall urban hotel architecture of the 1915-1930 period, designed by William L. Stoddart.","narrative":"Thirteen-story hotel at West Trade and South Poplar streets in downtown Charlotte, built by citizen subscription and opened in March 1924 with 250 rooms. William L. Stoddart designed the steel-frame building, and J. A. Jones was its contractor; the facades combine granite and buff brick, and the ballroom and marble lobby are its main interiors. Charlotte business leaders raised funds for it to support the city's growth into a regional trade center, and it became a symbol of that expansion. A late-1930s addition raised the room count to about 400, the largest in the Carolinas, and guests included two presidents and national sports and entertainment figures. It closed on December 31, 1973, after a decline in business during the 1960s. It is significant for its link to Charlotte's economic growth and as a representative tall downtown hotel of the period 1915 to 1930.","period_of_significance":"1923-1924","architect_builder":"William L. Stoddart (architect); J. A. Jones (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Closed on December 31, 1973, known at the time as the White House Inn.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.663318-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/88/7212/47721288/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/79003344.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721288","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Charlotte_(Charlotte,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5911357"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mecklenburg-county/hotel-charlotte-79003344/"}