Stroud Hotel - Stroud, OK
Posted by: hamquilter
N 35° 44.949 W 096° 39.455
14S E 711801 N 3958656
An iconic Route 66 traveler's stop
Waymark Code: WM9YCZ
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/16/2010
Views: 7
In downtown Stroud, OK at 323 W. Main stands a two-story red brick building which is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building was constructed as a one-story drug store, but in 1924 with traffic increasing on the highways, the owner of the drug store anticipated the success a hotel would have at this location on a busily traveled road. He constructed a second story to the building, and opened the Hotel Lincoln on the second floor. The hotel was named for Lincoln County. At some point, the hotel was later named Stroud Hotel.
This hotel was typical of the ones built along Route 66, which were usually in the downtown areas of towns, capturing the traveler in the business district of the town.
Faint painted wording can be seen at the upper edges of the east wall and the canted entrance wall which read "Hotel" and "Stroud Hotel."
Name of the Hotel: Stroud Hotel
Address: 323 W. Main
Stroud, OK 74079
Height in floors: 2-story building; hotel on 2nd floor only
Hotel since: 01/01/1924
Date Building was built: 01/01/1924
First use of building: First floor was a drug store. Second floor was added as was first the Lincoln Hotel, later the Stroud Hotel.
Historic Hotel (Historic Building, National Monument or similar): yes
Urban Hotel (located in a village or town): yes
Mountains Nearby (less than 25 Kms / 15 Mil): no
Beachs Nearby (less than 25 Kms / 15 Mil): no
Historic Place nearby (Unesco or National monument/site less than 25 Kms / 15 Mil): no
Major Pilgrimage Place Nearby (less than 25 Kms / 15 Mil. Consider any religion).: no
Number of Rooms: Not Listed
Hotel Rating: Not listed
Hotel website (if available): Not listed
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