Rainbow Court

Rainbow Court

Rainbow Court, June 2010 (Three story building is non-contributing)
Location 405 Flagg St., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Coordinates 33°41′9″N 78°53′12″W / 33.68583°N 78.88667°W / 33.68583; -78.88667Coordinates: 33°41′9″N 78°53′12″W / 33.68583°N 78.88667°W / 33.68583; -78.88667
Area less than one acre
Built 1935
MPS Myrtle Beach MPS
NRHP Reference # 96001221[1]
Added to NRHP November 7, 1996

Rainbow Court is a historic hotel complex located at Myrtle Beach in Horry County, South Carolina.[2] The complex of buildings range in dates of construction from 1935 to 1959. The complex includes: two motel-type buildings, five beach cottages/boarding houses, and a small house, caught fire on September 19, 2015. The buildings are situated around an open court with a swimming pool. There are six contributing buildings. It is one of the few remaining examples of the small-scale, low-rise motels that pre-dates Hurricane Hazel (1954).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Hardisson, Lillian (September 1995). "Rainbow Court" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "South Carolina Department of Archives and History". National Register Properties in South Carolina: Rainbow Court Hotel, Horry County (405 Flagg St., Myrtle Beach), including five photos. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. 2010-06-21.


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