Hotel Bell Alva, Oklahoma
National Register of Historic Places Data
Hotel Bell has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form . Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 13000395
- Date Listed
- June 14, 2013
- Name
- Hotel Bell
- Part of
- N/A (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- 505 Barnes
- City/Town
- Alva
- County
- Woods
- State
- Oklahoma
- Category
- building
- Level of Sig.
- local
- Areas of Sig.
- COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
The Hotel Bell, located at 501-505 Barnes in Alva, Oklahoma, represents a historical 1920s small-town pattern of planning and erecting community hotels by means of stock sales among local individuals. The Hotel Bell was physically central in Alva and was central to Alva community life from 1927 through 1968. In this context it is historically significant and is eligible for the National Register under Criteria A, Community Planning and Development.
