Before it was bulldozed to accommodate new construction, the vampire hotel of Charlotte, NC, the Queen City) consisted of several building on the property. Located in Charlotte, NC (in Mecklenburg County), the motel grounds included a 1920s style brick Tudor-style revival building, or the main hotel. Resident cottages were added to the rear of the property during the 1950s, when the highway system…
In its heyday, the motel was one of Uptown's jewels, hosting visitors from Richmond, Charleston and other east coast cities a day's drive away.
One of the strangest legends of the Queen City involves these-called Vampire Motel on Morehead Street, Uptown, torn down circa 2007-2008. Before it was destroyed to make room for "progress" the motel -- an old motor lodge of a bygone era of travel -- was reputed to be home to secretive vampire denizens. But not just any vampire denizens. The residents of the Vampire Motel of Charlotte were reputed…