Hotel Aldridge (Wewoka, Oklahoma)

The Hotel Aldridge in Wewoka, Oklahoma is a brick building that was built in 1927, four years after the Wewoka Pool of the Seminole Oil Field was opened.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Hotel Aldridge
The hotel building in December 2014
Hotel Aldridge (Wewoka, Oklahoma) is located in Oklahoma
Hotel Aldridge (Wewoka, Oklahoma)
Hotel Aldridge (Wewoka, Oklahoma) is located in the United States
Hotel Aldridge (Wewoka, Oklahoma)
LocationThird and S. Wewoka Streets, Wewoka, Oklahoma
Coordinates35°9′24″N 96°29′27″W / 35.15667°N 96.49083°W / 35.15667; -96.49083
Arealess than one acre
Built1927
Architectural stylePlains Commercial
NRHP reference No.86001083[1]
Added to NRHPMay 14, 1986

It is 50 feet (15 m) by 140 feet (43 m), is four stories tall, and has a flat roof with a 2 feet (0.61 m) parapet all around.[2]

It was deemed significant as the oldest oil boom era hotel in Wewoka and as the best surviving example of Plains Commercial architecture in Wewoka.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c Judy Hettich (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: or Registration:". National Park Service. Retrieved October 4, 2016. with three photos from 1984