National Register Record for HOTEL LOVE

Historic Name: HOTEL LOVE
Current Name: SAME
Address: 200 WEST MAIN
City: PURCELL            County: MCCLAIN
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: CONSTRUCTED IN 1896 AND ENLARGED IN 1909, THE HOTEL LOVE SERVED THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS AND IS THE ONLY TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY HOTEL BUILDING STILL EXTANT IN PURCELL. THE HOTEL IS A THREE-STORY, RED BRICK BUILDING. ORIGINALLY A SIMPLE RECTANGLE, THE 1909 ADDITION GIVES THE FACADE AN ELL-SHAPE. THE ORIGINAL PORTION OF THE BUILDING HAS A SHED ROOFED, SECOND STORY WOODEN BALCONY. THE MACHICOLATED AND CORBELLED BRICK ALONG THE PARAPET AND THE SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS LEND AN ITALIANATE INFLUENCE TO THE BUILDING. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 12/7/1995.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: DOMESTIC: HOTEL
Current Function: COMMERCE / TRADE: SPECIALTY STORE, ORGANIZATIONAL, RESTAURANT
Area of Significance 1: COMMERCE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: ITALIANATE
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1896            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF PURCELL, INDIAN TERRITORY, COMP. J. SHARP, PURCELL CITIZEN PRINT, 11/1/1900; HUNTER JAMES, "PURCELL, SEAT OF MCCLAIN COUNTY", STURM'S OKLAHOMA MAGAZINE, 7(10/1908), 26 - 27;
Date Prepared: 6/30/1995