Pictures of the New Southern Hotel in Elizabeth City

The New Southern Hotel
in Elizabeth City, NC
Photographs

I went to tour the hotel in July of 2005 with my family and two realtors. Someone bought the hotel later. I have some pictures of the interior, although for some reason I didn't photograph the rooms and hallways. I wish I did. Enjoy the pictures I do have from that trip. Later, I went to Elizabeth City again and took some exterior photographs. The newest collection is marked with a * sign.

The New Southern Hotel exterior, as of July, 2005. The awnings are new. The rusty sign in the center of the building is a 1920s florescent sign that says "The New Southern Hotel."	This is the lobby. Notice the new paint job. The staircase is gorgeous, and despite the purple ceiling, it's beautiful. The columns are original as far as I know. To the left is the front desk and a giant mirror where luggage would have been stored behind it. The double doors behind the realtor were the second entrance. The other doors led to the alley. Smaller squares make the large black and white squares of the marble floors.
This is the passenger elevator. There is a freight elevator original to the building in another part of the building. I saw it, but didn't use it. The electricity was shut off, so we had to use the stairs.	This is the rear view of the hotel from the alley. Notice the original stucco is still visible. The hotel is "L" shaped, with the boiler room and other additions on the back.
Most of the bathrooms looked like this. Some had showers with blue and green tiles, but most had cast iron tubs. Notice the large pipes and tiles on the walls and floors. For some reason there is still toilet paper in the bathroom.	The hotel had a visible sprinkler system (see the pipes in the lobby picture) and this is the exterior bell. Not sure how old it is. "Crinhill Automatic Sprinkler Fire Alarm" is inscribed on it.
This is the view from the fourth floor window.	The Southern Hotel as of June 15, 2006. The rooms upstairs are for rent.*
Sign on the side entrance of the Southern Hotel, repainted when the new owners bought the hotel, is no longer rusty.*	Side entrance and businesses of the Southern Hotel as of June 15, 2006. Entrance was where the small awnings and sign are.*
Beautiful, original fanlight above the front entrance of the hotel.*	"Every building preserved is another part of our history not forgotten in the midst of technology and progress."