The Carolina Inn

The Carolina Inn pictured from the front in 2014
The Helper Hotel in the 1870s
The Old Inn in the 1950s
The Carolina Inn in the 1970s
The Carolina Inn
Title
The Carolina Inn
Description
First constructed as a store in 1848. Purchased in 1855 by
Hanson Pinkney Helper and remodeled into a thirteen-room hotel. Purchased around 1901 by the Sloan family and operated as a boarding house and weekend rooming house for visiting college girls. Purchased by the college in 1946. Used in the 1950s and 1960s as a Teen Canteen. Renovated in 1971. Designated as a Charlotte Mecklenburg Historic Site in 1977.
Date
1848
Relation
Old Inn Finding Aid
Underneath the Carolina Inn
Image of Akers Hall in 2015Davidson College Campus Buildings
Alternative Title
Helper Hotel
Old Inn
Item sets
Davidson College Campus Buildings
Always Part of the Fabric: Physical Locations
Site pages
Locations of Note
Media
The Carolina Inn pictured from the front in 2014The Carolina Inn 2014
The Helper Hotel in the 1870sHelper Hotel (before the Carolina Inn)
The Old Inn in the 1950sThe Old Inn
The Carolina Inn in the 1970sThe Carolina Inn post 1970s
The Carolina InnThe Carolina Inn

Part of The Carolina Inn