Rainbow Court

Rainbow Court was a historic hotel complex located at Myrtle Beach in Horry County, South Carolina.^[3] The complex of buildings ranged in dates of construction from 1935 to 1959. The complex included: two motel-type buildings, five beach cottages/boarding houses, and a small house. The buildings were situated around an open court with a swimming pool. There were six contributing buildings. It was one of the few remaining examples of the small-scale, low-rise motels that pre-dated Hurricane Hazel (1954).^[4]

Rainbow Court
Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Rainbow Court, June 2010 (Three story building was non-contributing)
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Location	405 Flagg St., Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Coordinates	33°41′9″N 78°53′12″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1935
Demolished	2017[1]
MPS	Myrtle Beach MPS
NRHP reference No.	96001221[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1996
Removed from NRHP	February 27, 2020

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 but was delisted in 2020.^[2]

With development planned for the area, including a parking garage and police station at the Rainbow Court location, demolition was planned as of June 2016. Several area motels were abandoned and attracting vagrants. The city and the Myrtle Beach Downtown Redevelopment Corporation had made $10 million available for improvements.^[5][6]

See also

• List of hotels
• List of motels
• Hotels portal

References

1. "Cleaning up downtown Myrtle Beach: City takes aim at 'chronic problem' motels". The Sun News. October 26, 2018.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
3. Hardisson, Lillian (September 1995). "Rainbow Court" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
4. "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. June 21, 2010.
5. Lalonde, Lucas (June 7, 2016). "Myrtle Beach paying to tear down vacant motels and make room for new developments". WBTW. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
6. Helline, Meredith (January 27, 2017). "Myrtle Beach demolition projects seek bigger goal than clearing land". WMBF. Retrieved November 8, 2017.

External links

• Rainbow Court - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com