Waldorf Hotel (Andover, South Dakota)

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LocationMain St., Andover, South Dakota
Coordinates 45°24′43″N97°54′13″W / 45.41194°N 97.90361°W / 45.41194; -97.90361 Coordinates: 45°24′43″N97°54′13″W / 45.41194°N 97.90361°W / 45.41194; -97.90361
Arealess than one acre
Built1903 (1903)
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 79002401 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1979

The Waldorf Hotel was a historic hotel building on Main Street in Andover, South Dakota. It was a three-story orange brick building with a rounded projecting section at the street corner. A single-story porch with turned posts and bracket extended along two sides of the building. The hotel was built in 1903, primarily to serve passengers switching from one railroad line to another. It featured a barber shop, a billiard hall and a huge dining room and reception room. It also acted as a social center in the community, hosting ice cream socials and dances. [2] [3]

The Waldorf Hotel closed in the 1970s. [4]

The hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and was torn down on May 7, 2015 after parts of the wall collapsed. [1] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Waldorf Hotel". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-07.
  3. Reporter, Webster (9 January 2013). "Andover's Waldorf Hotel among many historic places with an uncertain future". Dakotafire. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 Press, Associated. "Hotel built in early 1900s torn down in South Dakota town". Rapid City Journal Media Group. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. "Hotel built in early 1900s torn down in South Dakota town". The Washington Times. Retrieved 13 August 2021.