CONWAY — The last facade of the Artist Falls Lodge — once known as the Cranmore Fitness Club — came down Thursday morning at about 11 a.m., according to Project Manager Jim Shultz of Opechee Construction Corporation in Belmont.
The facility is being razed to make way for a four-story, 92-room Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott hotel headed by the Lafrance Hospitality Group, also owners of the Residence Inn by Marriott of North Conway.
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