Alamance Hotel is a historic hotel located at

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Alamance County, North Carolina Alamance County (), from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved September 18, 2012. is a county in North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 171,415. Its county seat ...

. It was designed by architect

Charles C. Hartmann Charles C. Hartmann (1889–1977) was an American architect. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The include: * Alamance Hotel, Maple Ave. and S. Main St. Burlington, NC (Hartmann, Charles) * Atlan ...

and built in 1924. It is a seven-story, brick sheathed building in the

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style. It features

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ornamentation, a brick

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, and

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ed panels at the uppermost floor. It was added to the

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in 1984. It is located in the

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References

Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Burlington, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Alamance County, North Carolina Hotel buildings completed in 1924 Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina {{AlamanceCountyNC-NRHP-stub