Laurel Park in Henderson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Site of Fleetwood Hotel

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 4, 2024

1. Site of Fleetwood Hotel Marker

Inscription. Nearby was the site of the Fleetwood Hotel, a 14-story edifice begun in 1925 and never completed. A grandiose dream and victim of the severe real estate downturn that began in 1926, the steel skeleton's ghostly frame stood for a number of years as a reminder of the 1925 and early 1926 local land boom and ensuing crash until it was finally demolished and sold for scrap in 1935-1936.

Erected 2010 by Laurel Park Civic Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1925.

Location. 35° 18.588′ N, 82° 31.222′ W. Marker is in Laurel Park, North Carolina, in Henderson County. It is at the intersection of Laurel Park Highway and Birchwood Drive, on the right when traveling north on Laurel Park Highway. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 103 Birchwood Dr, Hendersonville NC 28739, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Mountains and in Greater Asheville.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. 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 original Cherokee Nation,

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jump Off Rock (approx. half a mile away); The Legend of Jump Off Rock (approx. half a mile away); “Woodlawn” (approx. 1.2 miles away); CCC Rock Walls (approx. 1.3 miles away); Echo Mountain Inn (approx. 1.3 miles

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away); The Quarry Tract (approx. 1½ miles away); Park Heights Tower (approx. 1½ miles away); The Swiss Railway (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Laurel Park.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 4, 2024

2. Site of Fleetwood Hotel Marker

Fleetwood Hotel Under Construction image. Click for full size.

via Southern Appalachian Digital Collections, Western Carolina University/UNC at Asheville (Public Domain), circa 1925

3. Fleetwood Hotel Under Construction

Construction stopped at the 13th floor after the real estate crash in Florida, where the developer was based.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,620 times since then and 115 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 13, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.