Oxford Hotel (West Baden Springs, Indiana)

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Oxford Hotel

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Oxford Hotel, December 2011
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Location In 56, West Baden Springs, Indiana
Coordinates 38°34′4″N86°36′52″W / 38.56778°N 86.61444°W / 38.56778; -86.61444 Coordinates: 38°34′4″N86°36′52″W / 38.56778°N 86.61444°W / 38.56778; -86.61444
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1910 (1910)
Architectural style Early Commercial
NRHP reference # 01000977 [1]
Added to NRHP September 16, 2001

The Oxford Hotel, also known as the West Baden Springs Hotel, is a historic hotel building located at West Baden Springs, Orange County, Indiana. It was built about 1910, and is a large three-story, rectangular, brick building. It features cast iron storefronts and a pitched roof with straight and stepped parapets. [2] :5

Hotel Establishment that provides lodging paid on a short-term basis

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms. Small, lower-priced hotels may offer only the most basic guest services and facilities. Larger, higher-priced hotels may provide additional guest facilities such as a swimming pool, business centre, childcare, conference and event facilities, tennis or basketball courts, gymnasium, restaurants, day spa, and social function services. Hotel rooms are usually numbered to allow guests to identify their room. Some boutique, high-end hotels have custom decorated rooms. Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In the United Kingdom, a hotel is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours. In Japan, capsule hotels provide a tiny room suitable only for sleeping and shared bathroom facilities.

West Baden Springs, Indiana Town in Indiana, United States

West Baden Springs is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 574 at the 2010 census. It is famous for its vast majority of hotels and resorts.

Orange County, Indiana County in the United States

Orange County is located in southern Indiana in the United States. As of 2010, its population was 19,840, an increase of 2.8% from 19,306 in 2000. The county seat is Paoli. The county has four incorporated settlements with a total population of about 8,600, as well as several small unincorporated communities. It is divided into 10 townships which provide local services. One U.S. route and five Indiana state roads pass through or into the county.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-06-01.Note: This includes Cynthia Brubaker (February 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Oxford Hotel" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-06-01. and Accompanying photographs.