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Carter House.

A typical daughter of the South,
and a hustling, energetic and progressive
business woman withal is Mrs. S.
L. Anderson, for many years the successful
owner and conductor of the old
Carter House, located on Main Street,
almost directly opposite the Union
Depot. The Carter House was founded
by Mrs. Anderson's mother, Mrs. Caroline
Carter, who was one of the leading
and most popular hotel keepers of Charlottesville.
The house is patronized
the year round by many of the
travelling men, tourists and health
seekers who come to the city. The
hospitable, accommodating Mrs. Anderson,
hostess of the old Carter House,
has always a personal welcome for
everyone of her patrons, and personally
sees that each and all is made comfortable.
The homelike, courteous
spirit of the place reminds the northern
visitor of colonial days in the chivalrous
old South. The house throughout
is fitted with all modern conveniences,
easily accessible baths,
steam heat, gas, cozy, scrupulously
clean, airy and comfortable rooms, a
spacious, well appointed dining room,
seating sixty to seventy people, where
an excellent, substantial meal is
served. Pleasant parlors, smoking
and reading rooms add to the attractiveness
of the house. To give an idea
of Mrs. Anderson's success as a hotel
proprietor it may be mentioned that the
average patronage of the Carter House

during each month of the year,
amounts to between 250 and 300 people.
The Carter House, as mentioned
above, was named after Mrs. Anderson's
mother, the late Mrs. Caroline Carter,

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The Carter House.

who was born and bred in Charlottesville
and came from one of the best
families of the old South.