Imperial Hotel (Greenville, South Carolina)

Imperial Hotel, also known as Hotel Greenville, is a historic hotel building located at Greenville, South Carolina. It was built in 1911–1912, and is a seven-story, U-shaped skyscraper with a buff-colored brick veneer over a steel frame. It was originally a 90-room hotel, and expanded by 1930 to 250 rooms.[2][3] The hotel closed in the early 1970s, but this establishment is still used as a nursing home for disabled people 55 and over. An adjacent parking garage was demolished in the 1980s.

Imperial Hotel
Imperial Hotel, 1917 postcard
Location201 W. Washington St., Greenville, South Carolina
Coordinates34°51′5″N 82°24′7″W
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1911 (1911)-1912
Built byCunningham, F.H. & J.G.; Jordan, W.M.
Architectural styleChicago, The Commercial Style
MPSGreenville MRA
NRHP reference No.85002167[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 12, 1985

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

New owners of the building plan extensive building renovations in 2019.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Imperial Hotel" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. "Imperial Hotel, Greenville County (W. Washington St., Greenville)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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