{"nrhp_refnum":"89000036","name":"Aloah Hotel","other_names":["The Hendersonville Inn","Carson Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 3rd Ave. West","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hendersonville","county":"Henderson County","state":"NC","lat":35.31595119600007,"lon":-82.46136651599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-02-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick hotel at 201 Third Avenue West, just west of downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, built around 1919, probably by J. O. Bell. It has a wraparound one-story frame porch.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is one of the few Hendersonville hotels still operating as a hotel. It represents the Inns, Boarding Houses, and Hotels property type from the town's railroad-era tourism boom. Its plain, sturdy brick design and wraparound porch reflect comfort and continuity, and it is remarkably unaltered inside and out.","narrative":"Built around 1919 at 201 Third Avenue West, this three-story brick hotel sits on a corner lot just west of downtown Hendersonville. Deed records suggest J. O. Bell built it and operated it as the Aloah Hotel until selling in 1921 to Mrs. Etta Carson, after which it was known as the Carson Hotel or Carson House. It was sold at auction in 1932 and has been called the Hendersonville Inn since. The design is plain, with modest Classical Revival touches at the porch and entrance, a flat roof, six-over-six windows and a broad one-story porch on three sides. Inside, the lobby has a brick fireplace, dark stained woodwork, a paneled registration desk and original doors and floors. Once surrounded by other tourist hotels, many since demolished, it remains one of the few in town still operating as a hotel, and it is notable for its largely unchanged condition.","period_of_significance":"c.1919-1929","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a hotel; exterior and interior are described as well preserved and largely unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.268269-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/7179/47717991/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/89000036.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000036/833a40ab85-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000036/833a40ab85-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Mx. Granger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inn_on_Church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mx. Granger</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inn_on_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717991","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloah_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460171"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/henderson-county/aloah-hotel-89000036/"}