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Fair Forest Hotel
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National Register of Historic Places

Fair Forest Hotel

On the National Register since 198442 years
Listed 1984Union
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About Fair Forest Hotel

Fair Forest Hotel, at 221 E. Main St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Nov 1, 1984. It was among the first 11 of Union’s 20 listings. The Register lists it for its commerce and architecture, at the local level. Ten more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHotel in Union, United States of America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 15 MB · National Archives↗
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Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

221 E. Main St., Union · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Fair Forest HotelStart here
  2. 2Union Downtown Historic DistrictLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals · next door
  3. 3Union Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase)Two-Part Commercial Block · 0.1 mi on
  4. 4Union Community HospitalClassical Revival · Built 1915 · next door
  5. 5Clinton Chapel AME Zion ChurchBuilt 1894 · next door
Around it

12 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BUnion High School-Main Street Grammar SchoolClassical Revival0.1 miDSouth Street-South Church Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Queen Anne0.2 miDSouth Street-South Church Street Historic DistrictGothic Revival0.2 miBCorinth Baptist ChurchLate Gothic Revival0.2 miBCentral Graded SchoolRichardsonian Romanesque0.2 miBJudge Thomas Dawkins HouseBuilding0.2 miBMeng HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBUnion County JailBuilding0.3 miBCulp HouseGeorgian0.3 miDEast Main Street-Douglass Heights Historic DistrictLate 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals0.5 miBMerridunGeorgian0.5 miBGov. Thomas B. Jeter HouseVictorian0.5 mi

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Questions about Fair Forest Hotel

Is Fair Forest Hotel on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Nov 1, 1984 (Register number 84000346).

Is Fair Forest Hotel a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; South Carolina has 73 National Historic Landmarks.

Can you visit Fair Forest Hotel?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Fair Forest Hotel?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 15 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 118998673 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.