The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-29
CONTRACT LET FOR
The CAROLINA Inn
John Sprunt Hill, Representing Care
Ina Chb, Has Been
Motive FOree
FORMER GRAVES PLACE IS SITE

GraVeS house at the west gate Of
the campus, to make way for the
Carolina Inn, will begin surely not
later than the first part of next
week, and it may even begin be-
Efore this wee kiS over. John Sprunt
Hill, of Durham, representing the.
llncorporators of the Carolina Club.
has let the contract for the con-
Rstruction of the Inn to H. l..
Smith, also of Durham, and the
laying of the foundation is to fol-
low immediately the clearing Of
the site:
Completed and furnished, the
Carolina Inn will cost about $780,
600. 1t will be ready for occu-
pancy early in 1924.
Mrs. Daniels has been occupying
as tenant the house that is now
to be moved out of the way. 1t
was arSuired by Mr.. Hill from
MrS\0raves two years ago. There
has been some curiosity as to
what Mrs. Daniels will do about
her boarding house, now that she
has to move out. She is under
stood to have made arrangements
to accommodate her boarders, but
the nature of these arrangements
Has h ~ fft ff6t tHe6ff uisUfOSCd.
For several years there has been
talk Of the dire need of hotel in
Chapel Hill. Faculty and stu
dents have talked about it continu-
ally, and so have alumni and
friends of the University every
where. Definite action toward re-
lief of the present situation was
taken for the first time when Mr..
Hill bought this piece of land on
the edge o fthe campus, Not long
after the purchase he made known
that it was to be used for a hotel.
The club which is eventually to
take possession of it is Mr.. Hills
idea, and he has been the motive
power behind the scheme from the
first He has offered a sa gift the
land, value at 10000, and in ad-
dition $4,000 in cash.
The Carolina Club is to be made
up Of alumni and friends of the
University. The Inn is to be run
by therh, primarily for the benefit
Of people visiting the institution,
but there is to be nothing about
the project that will exclude any
reputable person who wants to be
guest.
Arthur G. Nash, architect for
the 7. @. Atwood Organization, is
the designer, and that concern will
have supervision over the construc-
tiOn. The plans show a building
in the Southern Colonial style,
with two full stories and q dormer
story All floors and partitions will
S Inv 511f 1oTI5tT uUEi6T1; nut
the cOrnices, verandas, porte
hocheres, and trimmings will be of
wood. The dominant idea in the
design has been to give the struc-
ture an Old-fashiOned, home-like
appearance, as though it might
have been in Chapel Hill since the
early days of the University.
A two-story veranda, 70 feet
long, reminiscent Of the Washing
ton home at Mount Vernon, is to
run along the Cameron avenue
side From this paved terrace will
run around the east side-Gacing
what is now the Chapel Hill
Pittsboro- -Pinehurst road - and
connect with a One-story veranda
across the rear, or south, facade.
From the road on the east auto
mobiles will enterTthe grounds and
will come under pnrte=cochere.
The door here gives access to a
large general reception room, a
ladies' reception room, and the
lobby.
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