One Hundred Seventy-Five Years of Raleigh Hotels/Motels - 1790 to 1965
Hotels
Casso’s Inn: 1790-1888 @ 101 Fayetteville (later Branson House)
Indian Queen: 1795-? @ 300 Fayetteville (demolished to make way for Raleigh Post office)
Eagle Hotel: 1812-1859 @ Edenton cor Halifax (closed during Civil War, re-opened as National Hotel)
Yarborough House: 1852-1928 @ 315 Fayetteville (burned 1928)
National Hotel: 1875-1888 @ Edenton cor Halifax (later NC Dept of Agriculture, demolished 1920)
Central Hotel: 1886-1903 @ 137 S Wilmington (extant, later Heilig-Levine, now Sitti Restaurant)
Exchange Hotel: 1886-1903 @ 213 Hillsboro (demolished)
Old Raleigh Central: 1886 - 1888 @ 18 W Hargett (demolished)
Tucker House: 1886 - 1887 @ 429 Fayetteville (later Hotel Florence)
Hotel Florence: 1887 - 1888 @ 429 Fayetteville (moved to 119 E Edenton)
Branson House: 1888 - 1896 @ 101 1/2 Fayetteville (later Capital Inn)
Hotel Florence: 1888 - 1896 @ 119 E Edenton (demolished)
Park Hotel: 1896 - 1911 @ 221 S McDowell (later Hotel Raleigh)
Capital Inn: 1907 - 1915 @ 101 1/2 Fayetteville (later Hotel Turner)
Hotel Giersch: 1907 - 1915 @ 16 W Hargett (demolished)
Hotel Raleigh: 1911 - 1961 @ 221 S McDowell (later Park Central)
Wright Hotel: 1911 - 1924 @ 117 W Martin (demolished)
Bland Hotel: 1915 - 1941 @ 100 W Martin (later Andrew Johnson Hotel)
Giersch Hotel & Café: 1915 - 1919 @ 136 Fayetteville (demolished)
Hotel Turner: 1915 - 1919 @ 101 1/2 Fayetteville (later Belmont Hotel)
Hotel Alston: 1917 - 1919 @ 200 W South (demolished)
Koonce Bros Hotel: 1917 - 1924 @ 203 S Salisbury (demolished)
Belmont Hotel: 1919 - 1921 @ 101 1/2 Fayetteville (later Capital Hotel)
Giersch Hotel & Café: 1919 - 1927 @ 6 W Hargett (demolished)
Capell House: 1920 - 1921 @ 221 W Martin (demolished)
Capital Hotel: 1921 - 1924 @ 101 1/2 Fayetteville (later Colonial Hotel)
Arcade Hotel & Restaurant: 1922 - 1949 @ 122 E Hargett (burned 1970)
Commercial Hotel: 1924 - 1926 @ 415 Fayetteville (demolished)
Hotel Sir Walter: 1924 – 1975 @ 400 Fayetteville (extant)
Hotel Wiley: 1925 - 1952 @ 411 W Morgan (demolished)
Lewis Hotel: 1925 - 1932 @ 218 E Cabarrus (demolished)
Colonial Hotel: 1926 - 1927 @ 101 1/2 Fayetteville (moved to 112 Fayetteville)
Mansion Park Hotel: 1926 - 1955 @ N Blount (prev. Baptist Women’s College, demolished)
Wake Hotel: 1926 - 1934 @ 411 Fayetteville (demolished)
Colonial Hotel: 1927 - 1952 @ 112 1/2 Fayetteville (demolished)
Giersch Hotel & Café: 1927 - 1932 @ 117 W Martin (demolished)
Hotel Carolina: 1929 - 1980 @ 242 W Hargett (demolished)
Hollywood Hotel & Café: 1932 - 1955 @ 215 W Martin (demolished)
Hotel Richmond: 1932 1948 @ 331 Fayetteville (demolished)
Liberty Hotel: 1933 - 1948 @ 218 E Cabarrus (demolished)
Central Hotel: 1935 - 1941 @ 411 Fayetteville (later Yorker Hotel)
Hotel Wright: 1935 - 1948 @ 117 W Martin (demolished)
Parker House: 1937 - 1944 @ 119 E Edenton (demolished)
Andrew Johnson Hotel: 1942 - 1981 @ 100 W Martin (demolished)
Yorker Hotel: 1942 - 1948 @ 411 Fayetteville (demolished)
Hotel Hillsboro: 1942 -?1992 @ 608 Hillsboro (demolished)
Plaza Hotel: 1942 - 1949 @ 301 S Blount (later Peebles Grill & Hotel)
Central Hotel: 1945 - 1954 @ 423 Fayetteville (demolished)
McAlpin: 1948 - 1956 @ 227 E Edenton (later Milner Hotel)
Nash Hotel: 1948 - 1957 @ 117 W Martin (demolished)
Home Eckers Hotel: 1950 - 1970 @ 120 E Hargett (burned 1970)
Hotel Don: 1952 - 1957 @ 206 W Morgan (demolished)
DeLuxe Hotel: 1954 - unk @ 222 E Cabarrus (demolished)
Milner Hotel: 1957 - 1958 @ 227 E Edenton (demolished)
Holiday Inn: 1962 - pres @ 2813 North Blvd (extant, awaiting demolition)
Hotel Park Central: 1962 -1975 @ 223 S McDowell (demolished)
Peebles Grill & Hotel: 1963 - 1970 @ 200 E Martin (extant, now Royale Restaurant)
Motor Courts & Motels
Carolina Pines Hotel: 1933 - 1940 @ Fayetteville Rd (changed names to Colonial Pines)
Tour Inn: 1934 1957 @ 1101 Wake Forest Rd (extant)
Colonial Pines Hotel: 1941 - 1957 @ Fayetteville Rd (extant)
Traveler’s Motor Hotel: 1942 - 1952 @ 1301 Wake Forest Rd (extant)
Alamo Plaza Hotel: 1953 - unk @ 1816 Louisburg Rd (demolished)
Fairfield Motor Court: 1953 - unk @ 1817 Louisburg Rd (later became Milner Inn, now demolished)
Popajohn Tourist Court: 1953 -1957 @ 1623 Wake Forest Rd (demolished)
Shadow Lawn Motor Court: 1953 - 1957 @ Rd 5/US Hwy 1 N (demolished)
Knotty Pine Motel: 1953 - 1958 @ US Hwy 1S/64 W (demolished)
Humpty Dumpty Tourist Court: 1955 - 1957 @ US Hwy 1 N (demolished)
Mayflower Motor Lodge: 1955 - 1958 @ US Hwy 1 N (demolished)
Raleigh Motor Court: 1955 - 1957 @ US Hwy 1A N (demolished)
Howard Johnson: 1956 - curr @ US Hwy 1 N (demolished/rebuilt)
Sheridan Arms Motor Lodge: 1956 - 1957 @ Old Louisburg Rd (demolished)
Sunset Motel: 1956 - 1957 @ US Hwy 15A S (demolished)
Dob’s: 1957 - unk @ 1403 S Wilmington (extant, now King’s Motel)
Johnny’s Supper Club: 1957- 1961 @ 1625 Louisburg/North Blvd (later Capital Inn, now demolished)
Belvidere Motel: 1958 - unk @ US Hwy 401 S (presumed demolished)
Oakdale Motor Court: 1959 - unk @ 5707 Hillsboro (extant)
Webb Motel: 1959 – 1961 @ 2716 S Wilmington (extant)
Plantation Inn Motel: 1962 – 2000 @ US Hwy 1 N (demolished)
Velvet Cloak Inn: 1962 – 2004 @ 1505 Hillsboro (demolished)
College Inn: 1963 – present @ 2717 Western Blvd (extensively remodeled)
Heart of Raleigh Motel: 1963 – 1967 @ 227 E Edenton (demolished)
Raleigh Cabana Motel: 1963 – 1977 @ 516 S Salisbury (demolished)