Hampton Terrace Hotel
| Hampton Terrace Hotel | |
|---|---|
 Postcard of the building from the Detroit Publishing Company, c. 1905 | |
  Location within South Carolina  Hampton Terrace Hotel (the United States) | |
| General information | |
| Status | Destroyed |
| Type | Hotel |
| Town or city | North Augusta, South Carolina |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°30′9″N 81°58′8″W / 33.50250°N 81.96889°W |
| Groundbreaking | April 1902 |
| Opened | December 1903 |
| Destroyed | December 31, 1916 |
| Cost | $536,000 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 300 |
| References | |
| "Emporis building ID 257693". Emporis. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. | |
The Hampton Terrace Hotel was an upscale hotel in North Augusta, South Carolina, United States. The hotel was planned by James U. Jackson, the founder of North Augusta, as part of his plan to develop the city as a resort town. Opened in 1903, the hotel was later completely destroyed in a fire in 1916.
History
The
The five-story, 300 room hotel was a large success upon opening, attracting several notable guests such as businessmen
In the early morning of December 31, 1916, a watchman discovered a fire on the fifth floor.[9] At 2:10 a.m., the fire department in Augusta, Georgia, across the Savannah River, received a call about the fire, and shortly thereafter, four companies were dispatched to the hotel.[10] By 3 a.m., the fire had spread and firefighters ordered an evacuation of the building.[11] The cause of the fire had been a short circuit with wiring on the third floor.[5] Witnesses at the time claim that the fire burned for about 5 hours, while the coal stored in the hotel's basement simmered for much longer.[12] Firefighting efforts were stymied by issues such as low water pressure and nonstandard waterhose connections.[10] At the time, the hotel housed about 100 staff members who were preparing the hotel for the upcoming season.[13] There were no serious injuries or fatalities from the fire.[11] The blaze completely destroyed the building, and while Jackson initially planned to rebuild the hotel, this never came to fruition.[14]
References
- ^ Byrdy 2002, p. 37.
- ^ a b c McDaniel 2005, p. 51.
- ^ a b c Helsley 2019, p. 86.
- ^ a b Byrdy 2002, p. 67.
- ^ a b Lee III 2000, p. 102.
- ^ Byrdy 2002, p. 66.
- ^ Lee III 2000, p. 103.
- ^ a b Byrdy 2002, p. 69.
- ^ Byrdy 2002, p. 72.
- ^ a b Kirby 2019.
- ^ a b Byrdy 2002, p. 75.
- ^ Helsley 2019, p. 87.
- ^ McDaniel 2005, p. 95.
- ^ McDaniel 2005, pp. 95–96.
Bibliography
- Byrdy, Stan (2002). Augusta and Aiken in Golf's Golden Age. ISBN 978-0-7385-1485-7 – via Google Books.
- Helsley, Alexia Jones (2019). Lost Aiken County. ISBN 978-1-4396-6626-5 – via Google Books.
- Kirby, Bill (December 29, 2019). "TIME MACHINE". The Augusta Chronicle. Gannett. Archived from the original on June 18, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- Lee III, Joseph M. (2000). Augusta in Vintage Postcards. Postcard History Series. ISBN 978-0-7385-5420-4 – via Google Books.
- McDaniel, Jeanne M. (2005). North Augusta: James U. Jackson's Dream. ISBN 978-0-7385-4172-3 – via Google Books.
External links
Media related to Hampton Terrace Hotel at Wikimedia Commons- Historical Marker Database
