Siler City in Chatham County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Hotel Hadley

130 North Chatham Avenue

— 1908 —

Hotel Hadley Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 2, 2023

1. Hotel Hadley Marker

Inscription. Opened Spring, 1908. Built and lived in by owner Franklin Minter Hadley. Managers: Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Thaxton of Greensboro. Featured Siler City's first “water works” or piped-in running water. Thirty guest rooms originally lighted by acetylene gas. Central steam-heat installed October, 1914.

Two-story brick building with its elaborate arched spindle gallery and turned balustrade of Queen Anne design operated as a full service hotel until Hadley's death in 1940. Managed as a boarding house by son Wade Hampton Hadley, Sr., until his death in 1955; Donald Paschal, Manager, until late 1960s.

The Chatham Bank, Siler City's first bank, operated next door at 128 N. Chatham Avenue (built c1900) from 1902-1913; moved to 101-103 N. Chatham Ave. 1913-1935; moved across street to corner of E. Raleigh St. and N. Chatham Ave. into the former Hadley-Peoples Building, Siler City's first brick building (built 1889). F.M. Hadley, Bank President, 1902-1917.

The two-building complex sold by grandchildren Wade Hampton Hadley, Jr., Nancy Gregson Perry, Edna Gregson Taylor, and Marie Gregson Cooper to Chatham Investors, Inc. April 18, 1969. Gee's Sewing and Sound Center occupied historic building 1970-1991; J. & W. Sales and Service 1995- Present (2000).

Hotel Hadley entered in the National Register

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of Historic Places July 5, 1985.

Erected 2000.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.

Location. 35° 43.408′ N, 79° 27.82′ W. Marker is in Siler City, North Carolina, in Chatham County. It is on North Chatham Avenue north of East Raleigh Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 130 N Chatham Ave, Siler City NC 27344, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Siler City, N.C. (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); West Chatham Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Plikard Dederic Siler (approx. 3.8 miles away); Rocky River Church (approx. 3.8 miles away); Wilcox Iron Works (approx. 4.4 miles away); Rocky River Friends Meeting (approx. 7.7 miles away); Cox’s Mill (approx. 9.6 miles away); Cane Creek Meeting House (approx. 11.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Siler City.

Also see . . . Hotel Hadley (PDF). National Register nomination submitted for the former hotel. (Prepared by Ray Manieri, 1983; via National Archives)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, September 2, 2023

2. Hotel Hadley Marker

(Submitted on October 4, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,052 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 4, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.