Page-Walker Hotel

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Page-Walker Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Page-Walker Hotel
The Page-Walker Hotel
Location: Cary, North Carolina
Coordinates: 35°46′16″N 78°46′54″W / 35.77111, -78.78167Coordinates: 35°46′16″N 78°46′54″W / 35.77111, -78.78167
Built/Founded: 1868
Architect: Allison Francis Page
Architectural style(s): Second Empire
Added to NRHP: May 29, 1979
NRHP Reference#: 79003339

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Governing body: Private

The Page-Walker Hotel, also known as the The Page-Walker Arts & History Center is a historic hotel and museum located in Cary, North Carolina. The hotel was built in 1868 by Town of Cary founder Allison Francis Page and later sold to J.R. Walker. From 1868 until 1916, passengers from the Southern and Seaboard Air Line railroads stayed at the hotel. The hotel served as a boarding house and private residence from 1916 until 1980. After the business closed, the building sat vacant and deteriorated for five years until the Cary Town Council purchased the property. Volunteers restored the exterior of the hotel to its original design.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1979.[3] The Arts & History Center also contains the Cary Heritage Museum, gallery exhibitions, educational rooms, an archive gallery, a smokehouse and a garden.[4]

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  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ Friends of the Page-Walker Hotel
  3. ^ Impromptu Web Query
  4. ^ Page-Walker Arts & History Center

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