Area 3 acres (1.2 ha) Architect Allison Francis Page NRHP Reference # 79003339 | Built c. 1868 Architectural style Second Empire Phone +1 919-460-4963 | |
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Address 119 Ambassador Loop, Cary, NC 27513, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–9:30PMMonday10AM–9:30PMTuesday10AM–9:30PMWednesday10AM–9:30PMThursday10AM–9:30PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–1PMSundayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Bond Park, Herbert Young Communi, Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Hemlock Bluffs Nature Pr, Stevens Nature Center | ||
Page walker arts and history center
The Page-Walker Hotel, also known as The Page-Walker Arts & History Center is a historic house museum and former hotel located in Cary, North Carolina. The founder of the town of Cary, Allison Francis Page, built the Second Empire style hotel about 1868, and J. R. Walker bought it later. Page's son, Walter Hines Page (1855 – 1918) was an American journalist, publisher, and diplomat.
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History
From 1868 until 1916, passengers from the Southern and Seaboard Air Line railroads stayed at the Page-Walker Hotel. The building served as a boarding house and private residence from 1916 until 1980. After the business closed, the building sat vacant and deteriorated for five years until the Cary Town Council purchased the property. Volunteers restored the exterior of the hotel to its original design.
Museum
The Arts & History Center also contains the Cary Heritage Museum, gallery exhibitions, educational rooms, an archive gallery, a smokehouse, and a garden. The Page-Walker Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1979.