Aristocrat Motor Inn

Aristocrat Motor Inn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
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Location	240 Central Ave., Hot Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates	34°30′59″N93°3′13″W / 34.51639°N 93.05361°W / 34.51639; -93.05361
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Architectural style	Mid-Century Modern
Part of	Hot Springs Central Avenue Historic District (ID85001370)
NRHP reference No.	100000552 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 24, 2017
Designated CP	June 25, 1985

The Aristocrat Motor Inn is a historic hotel building at 240 Central Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a large seven-story structure, with a six-story U-shaped tower set on a basically rectangular ground floor. It is finished in glass, brick, and metal, in the Mid-Century Modern style. The tower is organized around a central courtyard, with the interior facades in a sawtooth pattern to maximize light coming into the hotel rooms facing inward. The hotel was built in 1963 by Samuel Kirsch, a local businessman engaged in a variety of pursuits. It was one of the first hotels built along the city's Central Avenue to feature a Modernist exterior. It was operated as a hotel until 1978, and was after converted into low-income housing. ^[2]

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. ^[1]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Garland County, Arkansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "NRHP nomination for Hill Wheatley Downtowner Motor Inn" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved February 4, 2017.