Lora Locke Hotel - Dodge City, Kansas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Lora Locke Hotel was built in 1928. The building is a five-story reinforced concrete building with red brick and limestone facing. The historic address of the Hotel was 100-104 Walnut, known known as Gunsmoke. In the 1920s there was a need for a hotel in Dodge City and the Citizens Hotel Company raised funds fro the project by selling $300,00 in company stock. The corporate directors included George Howel, ranch Otto Theis, WF McCoy, banker George Dugan and attorney Carl Van Riper. The hotel was named after Mrs. Howell, whose first name was Lora and Mrs. Theis who maiden name was Locke. The hotel was similar to other community hotels built around the state in the 1920s and had rental space for stores on the first floor. The largest of these stores was occupied by Montgomery Ward. The hotel closed in 1978 and reopened in 1984 under new management. the hotel was converted to county offices in 1989.

Street address: 100 West Gunsmoke Dodge City, Kansas County / Borough / Parish: Ford Year listed: 1985 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925 Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic Current function: Government Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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