Barringer Hotel: Art Deco, National Register

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Recorded location: 426 N. Tryon St., Charlotte
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Red brick mid-rise hotel block of about twelve storeys seen from below, with a later glass tower topped by a crown-shaped white cap rising behind it. — The Barringer Hotel before its demolition in 2022, with a later Uptown tower behind. James Willamor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Recorded address	426 N. Tryon St., Charlotte
Architectural style	Art Deco
National Register	ref 11000637, listed 2011-08-29
Research depth	dossier, independently sourced

What we established, and from where

The Barringer Hotel at 426 N. Tryon Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 29 August 2011 and was demolished in 2022.
documented National Park Service · checked 2026-09-14
The Barringer Hotel at 426 N. Tryon Street was listed on the National Register on 29 August 2011 and demolished in 2022 - the most recent loss of a National Register property in Charlotte in our dataset. NPS records its style as Art Deco and its architects as Bobbie Dial and Albert Thomas with the Jno. C. Heslep Company.
documented National Park Service (NRHP) / NC State Historic Preservation Office · checked 2026-09-14
The Barringer Hotel was built in 1940 by hotel developer Laurence S. Barringer.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
A twelve-storey red-brick addition was built onto the rear of the building.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The ground floor frontispiece has parallel lines terminating in a zig-zag pattern at the top.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The entrance awning projects about six feet past the facade with two recessed lights.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The Belk Hotel Corporation purchased the hotel in 1961.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17
The City of Charlotte ran the building as low-income elderly housing until 2006.
independent National Park Service / NC SHPO · checked 2026-09-17

The primary source

The National Register nomination is the fullest account of this property that exists, written by a researcher and reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Office. The nomination (National Park Service).

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