Travelers Inn

Travelers Inn was listed in the Green Book as “Travelers Inn–612 E. Market St.” under “Hotels” in Greensboro from 1938-1941 and in 1947.¹

Travelers Inn was listed in the Green Book for nearly a decade but is not listed by name in city directory records from the late 1920s through the late 1940s. 612 E. Market Street was listed as “vacant” from 1928-1930, but newspapers from that time frame mention events held at the Travelers’ Inn on East Market Street.²

The Messick Building was located at 610-612 E. Market Street during the Green Book era. Maggie Wright offered furnished rooms and operated a restaurant at 612 E. Market Street in 1938. By the 1940s, 612 E. Market Street was the location of the House of Prayer for All People and, occasionally, a restaurant.³

Maggie Wright was not listed in the city directory after 1941.⁴

Essay by Brandie Ragghianti, 2024

Notes

1. Victor Green, 1938 Green Book, 14; Victor Green, 1939 Green Book, 32; Green, 1940 Green Book, 35; Green, 1941 Green Book, 35; Green, 1947 Green Book, 64.
2. Hill’s Greensboro City Directory, 1928-1930; “Cafe  Scores Place 10 In Top Position,” Greensboro Daily News, November 20, 1928, p. 14, accessed from www.newspapers.com; “Red Cross Membership Drive Starts Today with Breakfast,” The News and Record (Greensboro, NC), May 27, 1930, p. 4, accessed from www.newspapers.com; “Reach Settlement by Padlock Action,” The News and Record (Greensboro, NC), April 13, 1937, p. 7, accessed from www.newspapers.com.
3. Hill’s Greensboro City Directory, 1931, 1933, 1937-1943, 1945-1949; Maggie Wright advertised rooms in Hill’s 1938 Greensboro City Directory. 
4. Hill’s Greensboro City Directory, 1940-1950.