John P. Rains Hotel

The John P. Rains Hotel, located at 106-108 Tennessee Ave., S. in Parsons in Decatur County, Tennessee, was built in 1898. It has also been known as the Colwick Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

John P. Rains Hotel
Front of the hotel
Location106-108 Tennessee Ave., S., Parsons, Tennessee
Coordinates35°38′58″N 88°07′35″W
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1898
NRHP reference No.78002585[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 21, 1978

It was built when the Tennessee Midland Railway Company built a line connecting Lexington with Perryville during 1888–89, and operated until about 1950, past the closing of rail service in 1936.[2]

The building is the oldest commercial building in Parsons, because it is the sole survivor of a series of fires that destroyed all other nineteenth-century commercial buildings.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Barbara Hume Church; Robert E. Dalton (May 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: John P. Rains Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved December 1, 2017. With three photos from 1978.


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