National Register of Historic Places

Berwick Hotel

Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio
Listed
March 28, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83001975

About this property

The Berwick Hotel is located on the northeast corner of Wheeling Avenue and Sixth Street in Cambridge, Ohio, United States and was built in 1887 for Colonel Joseph D. Taylor in the Second Empire style. The plot of land where the Berwick Hotel was built was bought by Joseph Taylor in 1866. He built his house on the site and lived there until the 1880s when he moved into his Queen Anne style house on the other side of town. The old house was torn down to make room for the larger structure covering the entire lot. Taylor chose the name Berwick from his bride's hometown of North Berwick, Maine. The hotel opened to much celebration on August 16, 1887; it was a Romanesque Revival building. In November 1891, the hotel was destroyed by fire, but Taylor quickly arranged for the erection of a replacement. At the time, Cambridge was in the middle of a period of prosperity that had continued with little interruption since the first railroad came in the 1850s. Because the hotel sits on a sloped lot, it is irregular in its plan: parts of the building are four stories tall, while others are only three. In 1983, the hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its place in local history. It is located within a National Register-listed historic district: the Wheeling Avenue Historic District, designated in 1987, which extends along Wheeling Avenue from Fourth Street to Tenth Street. Kerrigan, William; Images of America: Cambridge; Arcadia Publishing; Chicago, Illinois; 2006 ISBN 0-7385-4001-3

Location

600--615 Wheeling Ave.
Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio
40.02516, -81.59306

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When was Berwick Hotel listed on the National Register?

Berwick Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Berwick Hotel?

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

What is the period of significance for Berwick Hotel?

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

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