Ben-Wiley Hotel is a historic
hotel
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building located at
Fuquay-Varina,
Wake County, North Carolina
Wake County, officially the County of Wake, is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 1,129,410, making it North Carolina's List of coun ...
. It was built in 1925, and is a
Bungalow
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American Craftsman
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style frame building consisting of two hip-roofed blocks; the two-story main block with a hip roofed front porch, and a two-story rear block. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has widely overhanging eaves. It was converted from 12 hotel rooms to 6
apartment
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s in 1947.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1997.
It is also a Contributing Property to the Fuquay Springs Historic District.
References
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Hotel buildings completed in 1925
Buildings and structures in Wake County, North Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Wake County, North Carolina
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