L.J. Hampton, staff correspondent of the Winston-Salem Journal of the 25th, from North Wilkesboro, syst Monday (Jan. 21st) of federal court, saw the opening of North Wilkesboro’s new hostelry, the Call Hotel, a handsomely equipped, steam heated building that is another step in progress of the metropolis of the great “state of Wilkes” and is a matter of distinct pride to its citizens.
The new hotel was filled to its capacity on the first day and throughout the term of federal court just closed Friday.
The Call Hotel, with its 20 rooms, heated by the Trane vapor system, with running water in each room and many with private bath, has inaugurated the first of the modern comfort methods now deemed to necessary to the convenience and service of the modern traveler in the mountainous portion of the state. Box mattresses, electric lights and telephones in each room give some idea of the service maintained. A feature also of particular pride is the fact that the furniture used in the rooms of the Call Hotel were manufactured by Oak Furniture Company, a North Wilkesboro concern.
The Call Hotel will be operated on the American plan. A splendid dining room on the first floor, with clerk’s desk and lobby in the front, make it inviting in appearance. Mr. W.H. Britt, manager, makes a specialty of the meals offered to the public.
Ex-Sheriff Clarence Call is the owner of the Call Hotel building, which was erected at a cost of approximately $40,000.
The hotel is located on the square, on the northwest corner of the town’s principal business circle at the intersection of two of the main streets. From the upper story of the Call Hotel building, a clear, unobstructed view of the Brushy Mountains is obtained and the glistening waters of the Yadkin River as it winds through the fertile valleys may be traced for a distance of several miles.
From the front page of the North Wilkesboro Hustler, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 1924
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