National Register of Historic Places

Hotel Norfolk

Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
Listed
December 1, 1988
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88002755

About this property

The Hotel Norfolk, at 108 N. Fourth St. in Norfolk, Nebraska, was completed in 1926. It includes Colonial Revival and Georgian Revival architecture. It has also been known as Madison Apartments and as the Kensington Building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is significant as a "good example of the Georgian Revival influence in commercial structures of the early Twentieth Century", and as a "good representative of the small city hotels designed by the H.L. Stevens Company of Chicago which designed many hotels and apartments across the nation." It is also notable for having hosted WJAG, one of the oldest Midwest radio stations, during 1926–1944. Notable visitors who have stayed in the hotel include Wendell Willkie, Thomas E. Dewey, Duke Ellington, John F. Kennedy, Jack Dempsey, Jascha Heifetz, Johnny Carson, and Ronald Reagan.

Location

108 N. Fourth St.
Norfolk, Madison County, Nebraska
42.03294, -97.41151

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNICATIONS
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Sources

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When was Hotel Norfolk listed on the National Register?

Hotel Norfolk was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1988.

What type of historic resource is Hotel Norfolk?

Hotel Norfolk is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Hotel Norfolk?

The period of significance for Hotel Norfolk is recorded as the industrial era.

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