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Chesterfield Inn
Chesterfield Inn, Beachside View, June 2010
Location: 700 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Coordinates: 33°41′23″N 78°52′54″W / 33.68972°N 78.88167°WCoordinates: 33°41′23″N 78°52′54″W / 33.68972°N 78.88167°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1946 Architectural style: Colonial Revival Governing body: Private MPS: Myrtle Beach MPS NRHP Reference#: 96001218[1] Added to NRHP: November 7, 1996 Chesterfield Inn, also known as Chesterfield Inn and Motor Lodge, is a historic hotel located at Myrtle Beach in Horry County, South Carolina. The Chesterfield Inn consists of two three-story, rectangular buildings constructed in 1946 and 1965. The 1946 building is of frame construction with a brick veneer exterior, with an end to front gable roof, and a raised basement foundation. It is an unusual example of Colonial Revival style architecture in the Myrtle Beach area.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]
The original Chesterfield was a five-room house built in 1936 by Steven Chapman of Chesterfield, South Carolina. That house burned and was replaced in 1946.[3] Clay Brittain, whose uncle built the brick building, worked there as a teenager and became an owner in 1965, running the hotel until 1991.[4]
In April 2002, Parkside Inn & Suites of Anaheim, California bought the inn and improved it after Centura Bank foreclosed.[5]
By 2004, Karon Mitchell and her family owned the Chesterfield.[6] In 2009, Mitchell announced plans to tear down the inn for a mini golf course to accompany the new boardwalk.[3] However, the building remains in place as of October 2011.
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Streetside view
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina: Chesterfield Inn, Horry County (700 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach), including six photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-21. http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/horry/S10817726008/index.htm.
- ^ a b Lorena Anderson, "Final Days of the Chesterfield Inn," The Sun News, October 5, 2009.
- ^ Alan Blondin, "MB National Chairman to Receive Award," The Sun News, February 26, 2003.
- ^ Dawn Bryant, "Historic Hotel Gets New Owner," The Sun News, May 11, 2002.
- ^ Josh Hoke, "The Battle Over Boom," The Sun News, July 5, 2004.
External links
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: Chesterfield Inn, Lillian Hardison, September 1995
- Chesterfield Inn - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Lists by county Abbeville • Aiken • Allendale • Anderson • Bamberg • Barnwell • Beaufort • Berkeley • Calhoun • Charleston • Cherokee • Chester • Chesterfield • Clarendon • Colleton • Darlington • Dillon • Dorchester • Edgefield • Fairfield • Florence • Georgetown • Greenville • Greenwood • Hampton • Horry • Jasper • Kershaw • Lancaster • Laurens • Lee • Lexington • Marion • Marlboro • McCormick • Newberry • Oconee • Orangeburg • Pickens • Richland • Saluda • Spartanburg • Sumter • Union • Williamsburg • York
Lists by city Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Hotels on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
- Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina
- Buildings and structures completed in 1946
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Hotels established in 1946
- South Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
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