National Register Record for MEDICINE PARK HOTEL

Historic Name: MEDICINE PARK HOTEL
Current Name: None
Address: None
City: MEDICINE PARK            County: COMANCHE
Section: 18, SE 1/4           Township: 3N           Range: 12W          
Description of significance: THE CENTERPIECE OF THE RESORT COMMUNITY OF MEDICINE PARK, THE HOTEL TOWERS THREE STORIES ABOVE THE QUAINT COBBLESTONE STRUCTURES OF THE RESORT. COMPLETED IN 1915, THIS FIFTY ROOM HOTEL FEATURED A BALL ROOM THAT WAS THE FOCUS OF SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S. AFTER WORLD WAR II, THE HOTEL, LIKE THE REST OF THE RESORT, LANQUISHED AND MOULDERED, AWAITING A REBIRTH. THE HOTEL OPERATED ONLY AS A RESTAURANT IN ITS WANING DAYS AND NOW STANDS EMPTY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/25/79.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: HOTEL
Current Function: COMMERCIAL
Area of Significance 1: ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: NO DISTINCTIVE STYLE
Architect: None
Year Built: 1914-15            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: LISA JOHN, "HISTORIC MEDICINE PARK…", OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES, DECEMBER 17, 1976; AUDREY ROUTH, "RENOVATION UNDER WAY…", OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES, SEPT. 30, 1975; AUDREY ROUTH, "THE STORY OF MEDICINE PARK AND THE OLD HOTEL", LAWTON HERITAGE NEWS, SPR 1977, P. 1-3.
Date Prepared: SEPTEMBER 1978