National Register Record for ESKRIDGE HOTEL

Historic Name: ESKRIDGE HOTEL
Current Name: SAME
Address: 114 E ROBERT S KERR
City: WYNNEWOOD            County: GARVIN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE ESKRIDGE HOTEL IN WYNNEWOOD IS A THREE-STORY COMMERCIAL STYLE HOTEL CONSIDERED DURING EARLY STATEHOOD DAYS AS THE "FINEST HOTEL BETWEEN KANSAS CITY AND DALLAS." THE BUILDING RETAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR INTEGRITY EVEN THOUGH IT CLOSED TO BUSINESS IN 1970. IN 1973, THE BUILDING WAS PURCHASED BY THE WYNNEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND CONVERTED INTO THE ESKRIDGE HOTEL MUSEUM. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 10/3/79.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: HOTEL
Current Function: RECREATION AND CULTURE: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: COMMERCE
Architectural Style: 20TH CENTURY COMMERCIAL STYLE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1907            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: WYNNEWOOD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Date Prepared: APRIL 1978