National Register of Historic Places

Hotel Bell

Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma
Listed
June 13, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13000395

About this property

The Hotel Bell in Alva, Oklahoma was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. It is a six-story three-part vertical building with frame of reinforced concrete and with floors and walls of hollow clay tiles and brick. It is a late 19th century Classical Revival. It has been the tallest building in northwestern Oklahoma. The hotel shut down in the early 1960s. John and Amy Ryerson of Starr Lumber bought the building from Charles Ramy and Leland Steffen in 2002. An extensive renovation was completed in 2017 and it was reopened, after being closed for four decades.

Location

505 Barnes
Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma
36.80537, -98.66587

Categories

COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Questions about this property

When was Hotel Bell listed on the National Register?

Hotel Bell was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 2013.

What type of historic resource is Hotel Bell?

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

What is the period of significance for Hotel Bell?

The period of significance for Hotel Bell is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1927.

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