National Register of Historic Places

Rains, John P., Hotel

Parsons, Decatur County, Tennessee
Listed
November 21, 1978
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
78002585

About this property

The John P. Rains Hotel, located at 106-108 Tennessee Ave., S. in Parsons in Decatur County, Tennessee, was built in 1898. It has also been known as the Colwick Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was built when the Tennessee Midland Railway Company built a line connecting Lexington with Perryville during 1888–89, and operated until about 1950, past the closing of rail service in 1936. The building is the oldest commercial building in Parsons, because it is the sole survivor of a series of fires that destroyed all other nineteenth-century commercial buildings.

Location

106--108 Tennessee Ave., S.
Parsons, Decatur County, Tennessee
35.64923, -88.12671

Categories

COMMERCE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Rains, John P., Hotel listed on the National Register?

Rains, John P., Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1978.

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Rains, John P., Hotel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Rains, John P., Hotel is recorded as the industrial era.

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