{"nrhp_refnum":"95000897","name":"Hotel Lincoln","other_names":["VDHR File No. 119-10","General Francis Marion Hotel","Lincoln I"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marion","county":"Smyth County","state":"VA","lat":36.83329712200003,"lon":-81.51927908399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hotel Lincoln is a five-story Colonial Revival hotel at 107 East Main Street in downtown Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. It opened in 1927 and was designed and built by Eubank & Caldwell of Roanoke.","why_significant":"The hotel was Smyth County's first modern hotel, and its 1927 opening marked a milestone of commercial growth for Marion and Southwest Virginia. It is also one of the last surviving downtown commercial hotel buildings in the region, with its Colonial Revival character well preserved. For decades it was the town's main venue for social and political gatherings.","narrative":"Built in 1926-1927 by businessmen Charles Clark Lincoln Sr. and Dr. William M. Sclater, this five-story hotel on East Main Street in downtown Marion was designed and built by Eubank & Caldwell of Roanoke. It is made of reinforced concrete with Kingsport velveteen brick on the upper floors, and details include stone quoins, a black copper cornice, a second-floor balcony, and a lobby on three levels linked by a French-style stone staircase. A walnut-paneled ballroom, coffee shop, drugstore, barber shop and sample rooms for traveling salesmen once served guests and townspeople. Originally named the General Francis Marion Hotel, it was Smyth County's first modern hotel and hosted civic clubs, banquets and dances into the 1960s. It is one of the last early-twentieth-century downtown hotels in Southwest Virginia, and it has operated continuously, now as Lincoln Inn, with its original character largely intact after a 1993 renovation.","period_of_significance":"1926-1945","architect_builder":"Eubank & Caldwell","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Operating continuously since 1927 and now called Lincoln Inn; partly renovated in 1993, with the fifth floor unused and awaiting repairs.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.782953-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/6836/41683658/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/95000897.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000897/393f901de5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000897/393f901de5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HOTEL_LINCOLN_(HOTEL_FRANCIS_MARION).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_LINCOLN_(HOTEL_FRANCIS_MARION).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00000888","name":"Marion Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/marion-historic-district-00000888/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683658","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Lincoln_(Marion,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15225840"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/smyth-county/hotel-lincoln-95000897/"}