1965 shot of the Barringer Hotel's famous elegant dining room
1941 shot
The Barringer Hotel was located on the southeast corner of North Tryon and Eighth Streets. It was the last to be built of the original Charlotte downtown fine hotels. Lawrence and Flora Barringer opened the hotel on December 14, 1940 and named it in honor of Lawrence's father, William R. Barringer. Its elegant dining room was a popular dining spot for lodgers and residents alike. It would fall on hard times in the 1970's, changing hands frequently with its incarnation as the Cavalier Inn through the mid-'70's being the longest. The building still stands today. No longer a hotel, it currently houses homeless women in need.
Does anyone know about the Hornets nest bar here and thst it became a discrete meeting place for gay men it was in the basement of the Barringer Hotel ca 40's thru early 60's
ReplyDeleteInterested to know.
ReplyDeleteAte lunches in the hotel dining room when my family traveled from Lexington to Charlotte in the 50s.