Roads Hotel

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Roads Hotel
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Roads Hotel, January 2011
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Location150 E. Main St., Atlanta, Indiana
Coordinates 40°12′57″N86°1′31″W / 40.21583°N 86.02528°W / 40.21583; -86.02528 Coordinates: 40°12′57″N86°1′31″W / 40.21583°N 86.02528°W / 40.21583; -86.02528
Arealess than one acre
Built1893 (1893)
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No. 87002187 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 30, 1987

Roads Hotel is a historic hotel building located at Atlanta, Hamilton County, Indiana. It was built in 1893, and is a two-story, rectangular, Queen Anne style frame building. It measures approximately 36 feet wide by 60 feet deep and features a two-story front porch and cross gable. The porch features a jigsaw cross gable braces and ornate porch turnings and braces. It remained in use as a hotel until the 1920s and later converted to apartments. [2] :2, 7

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01.Note: This includes Philip L. Conklin (June 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Roads Hotel" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.