First Colony Inn is a hotel in the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in North Carolina, United States of America”. It opened in 1932.
Overview
The First Colony Inn, also known as LeRoy's Seaside Inn, First Colony Motor Inn, First Colony Apartments, and Colony Beach Inn, is a historic hotel building located at Nags Head, Dare County, North Carolina. It was designed by Willis Leigh and built by Frank Benton It first opened in 1932 as LeRoy's Seaside Inn, by Henry LeRoy of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The inn is a 2+1⁄2-story, balloon-frame building in the vernacular Shingle Style.
From “First Colony Inn” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1932. Its architecture is described as Shingle style architecture. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places listed place. [1]
Location
The hotel stands at 35.9183, -75.6036, more than 25 km from the centre of any city in the United States that Innpedia covers. It is one of 5,802 hotels in the United States recorded in Wikidata, 3,408 of which have an article in Innpedia.[3] See Hotels in the United States.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Sea Foam Motel — 1.1 km
See also
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels in the Shingle style
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
- List of hotels opened in the 1930s
References
- ^ First Colony Inn (Q5452757). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ First Colony Inn. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-05.
- ^ Hotels in United States. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.