Carolina Inn

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On the opposite side of Main Street from the campus is the Carolina Inn. In 1848 this building was constructed to serve as a store. In 1855 the building was transformed into the 13-room Helper Hotel. During the 1920s and 1930s the building served as a weekend rooming house for college-aged girls visiting male students at Davidson College.

Davidson College bought the Helper Hotel in 1946. In 1971 the college completed restoration of the building and renamed it the Carolina Inn. Today, the college uses the building for offices and classrooms.

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