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SHOP • DINE • EXPLORE • PLAY 

STAY DOWNTOWN. WALK EVERYWHERE.

A boutique hotel in a restored 1892 mill, cozy apartments rented by the weekend, and familiar names a few minutes out — pick the stay, then leave the car parked.

THE MAIN EVENT

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Seventy rooms inside the 1892 Sparger building

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Spencer's Mill kept this town in work for a century. The Balladeer keeps it in guests — restored brick and timber, rooms built around Mount Airy's old-time music and granite-quarry story, and a restaurant, bar, and event space downstairs.

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You're three blocks from Main Street, so restaurants, shops, and entertainment are all on foot. It's the easiest place to put visiting family, a wedding block, or a board that came in for the weekend.

ADDRESS

239 Willow Street

ROOMS

70, including suites

TO MAIN STREET

3-minute walk

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steaks, seafood, strong pours, and a warm seat at the table

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​refined event space with room for up to 250 guests

A SHORT DRIVE OUT

OTHER PLACES NEARBY.

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HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES

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Main Street America has been helping revitalize older and historic  commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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Mount Airy is a North Carolina Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center.  Mount Airy Downtown, Inc. is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnerships to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investment, business growth, and job creation. 

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