Title	Mecklenburg Hotel & Chez Montet Restaurant, Charlotte, NC
Subject	Chez Montet Restaurant (Charlotte, N.C.) Mecklenburg Hotel (Charlotte, N.C.) Hotels--North Carolina--Charlotte Advertising postcards West Trade Street (Charlotte, N.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc. French restaurants--North Carolina--Charlotte
Subject Personal	Asbury, Louis H. (Louis Humbert), 1877-1975
Description	A split view of the Mecklenburg Hotel and its Chez Montet French Restaurant in Charlotte, NC [Genuine Curteich, Chicago - 4C-H28; color; linen; very fine] The restaurant was considered by some to be the best place to eat in Charlotte around the middle of the 20th century. Located at 516 West Trade Street, the Mecklenburg Hotel was designed by Architect Louis Asbury Sr. and was built in 1914. It had 160 rather small rooms and was conveniently located across from the train depot. Its slogan was: "Good enough for everybody. Not too good for anybody." The hotel became very run-down and home to prostitutes. In 1975, the sheriff's deputies closed and padlocked the building. It later tried to reopen, but burned in 1979 and had to be demolished.
Object Type	Still Image
Subject - Location	Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.)
Date of material	1899-1979
Publisher	Charlotte, N.C.: J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Genre	Picture postcards
Format	image/tiff
Identifier	mb121_3_5_38f
Source	Mary Boyer Collection. J. Murrey Atkins Library University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Relation	Forms part of: Mary Boyer Collection, 1899 - 1979
Language	eng
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Mecklenburg Hotel & Chez Montet Restaurant, Charlotte, NC

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