National Register Record for HOTEL VINITA

Historic Name: HOTEL VINITA
Current Name: SAME
Address: CORNER OF CANADIAN AND WILSON
City: VINITA            County: CRAIG
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: CONSTRUCTED IN 1930, THE HOTEL VINITA IS LOCATED ON THE NEW FEDERAL HIGHWAY 66 IN DOWNTOWN VINITA. UNLIKE OLDER HOTELS, IT WAS NOT LOCATED NEAR THE RAILROAD; INSTEAD IT CATERED TO THE NEW TRAVELING MEN OF THE AUTOMOBILE AGE. ITS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REFLECTS SPANISH COLONIAL AND BAROQUE MOTIFS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 2/9/95.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: HOTEL
Current Function: BUSINESS
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: COMMERCE
Architectural Style: SPANISH ECLECTIC
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1928            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: ANDERS, MARY ANN, 1984; BELASCO, WARREN JAMES, 1979; CRAIG COUNTY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION, 1984; LIEBS, CHESTER, 1985; VINITA DAILY JOURNAL, 1930
Date Prepared: 1992