Ryder Hall, also known as the Mountain Manor Hotel and Cloud Hotel, is a historic hotel located at Saluda, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built in 1909, as a girls' dormitory for the Saluda Seminary that operated until 1922. It is a 2+1⁄2-story, "H"-plan, Colonial Revival style frame building sheathed in weatherboard. It has a gambrel roof with shed-roof dormers and features full-width one-story shed roof porches on the front and rear elevations. It housed a public school until 1927, then was converted to a hotel. It was converted to a single-family dwelling after 1992.[2]
Ryder Hall | |
 Ryder Hall, September 2012 | |
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| Location | 305 Seminary St., Saluda, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°14′14″N 82°20′35″W / 35.23722°N 82.34306°W |
| Area | 2.2 acres (0.89 ha) |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Thompson, William L. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 05001033[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 15, 2005 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Clay Griffith (May 2005). "Ryder Hall" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.