THE HOLLEY HOTEL

The hotel, located at 1008 Quarrier Street, was built by Pat and John Crowley in 1914. It was named for Charleston Mayor James A. Holley. Not as luxurious as the Ruffner, Daniel Boone, or other city hotels, the Holley was still considered a first-class hotel in its early years. In it's last years especially, the hotel was not without controversy. The Holley gained an unsavory reputation for the numerous incidents that made the headlines in its final decades, including a body found in the basement, two residents falling from the building’s top floor, suicides, stabbings and attempted arsons.

  

  

 

By the late 60s, the Holley's glory days were over, and soon became a Flophouse

Frankie Veltri purchased the building from the Crowley family in 1970.

The hotel was brought down in 1993, and has been an empty lot ever since.

 

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