The St. Cloud Hotel, for many years Concord’s premiere hostelry and during recent years the object of much of Concord’s condemnation, must yield to the march of progress. The work of tearing it down will begin early next week.
Announcement was made Friday that after Sunday night, no guests will be received. The removal of the furnishings is to begin Monday and during the latter part of the week, after the building has been dismantled, the start in pulling down the pile will be made, beginning probably at the rear of the structure and working toward the front.
Part of the furniture of the St. Cloud is to be used in furnishing rooms in other parts of the city in order that there may be accommodations for the traveling public while the new hotel is in the process of construction. The remainder of the furniture is to be sold.
Headquarters for hotel accommodations have been placed in the old Dusenbury house on Depot Street. Rooms have been secured over the city for use of guests.
The present manager of the hotel E.S. Leonard will move to Gaffney, where he will take charge of the Hotel Carroll. Mr. Leonard for some time has managed both the St. Cloud and the Carroll.
For years the St. Cloud boasted of being the finest hotel in this part of the state. It was constructed over 35 years ago and at the time it was built it was considered to be much better than any hotel in either Charlotte or Salisbury.
The new hotel is to be built by a hotel company of local citizens and by the First National Bank. The Bank will occupy quarters at the corner of Union and Depot streets on its present property. The hotel is to have approximately 100 rooms and is to be constructed at a cost of something over $350,000.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 14, 1925
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