Ottaray Hotel

[gs3]

Quaint little read in todays paper about the old downtown Ottaray Hotel:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs....1062/CITYPEOPLE

[NYTransplant]

Quaint little read in todays paper about the old downtown Ottaray Hotel:

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs....1062/CITYPEOPLE

Thanks gsupstate, I must have missed that this morning.

[mcashlv]

Thanks gsupstate, I must have missed that this morning.

I remember the Ottaray well. It was one of the most striking buildings in Greenville. An unusual design for it's time--as I recall, wasn't it sited diagonally on it's lot?--the big porch was magnificent. I remember it in red brick--painted white it would have been spectacular. A huge sign on it's roof. The Woodside Building and the Ottaray were probably the handsomest buildings ever built on Main St. --both sadly lost now. They were demolished about 30 years before preservation became popular.

[NYTransplant]

I have never seen the Ottaray in person, but have seen many photos. This Sanborn map shows how it was situated on the lot.

This is the outside depicted on a postcard.

[csedwards72]

So the Hotel Greenville (now the Summit) was always a third-tier hotel, behind the Ottaray and the Poinsett?

[gs3]

Thanks for the map and photo NYT!

I heard that when the Hyatt was built on the spot, they placed the plaza and fountain in the same area as the old porch on the Ottaray, as a nod to the Ottaray, and as a way to continue the people watching / gatherings / etc that used to happen on the porch.

[Spartan]

That is a neat design, and a very unique name. I wonder if they would consider rebuilding it?

[RestedTraveler]

It is a beautiful old building. I'd like to see a new mixed-use development pay tribute to that facade at least. That'd be pretty cool, IMHO.