Buffington Hotel
Encyclopedia
The Buffington Hotel is an historic hotel
in Westville, Oklahoma
, United States
. The brick building was built in about 1910 and features an arcade of round-arch windows on the East and South facades. The hotel was the premiere hotel in Westville when the town was railway stop. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1984. The hotel has been greatly altered from its original form, including; the southeast breezeway having been bricked off and a room created and the second story bay windows covered in aluminum siding. The owner as of 2006 is a Westville man named Bud Rose. The hotel had been used as multi-unit housing
until 2004, when Mr. Rose converted the entire downstairs into a personal domicile
. The upstairs twenty-one rooms are now vacant.
Hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...
in Westville, Oklahoma
Westville, Oklahoma
Westville is a town in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,596 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Westville is located at ....
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The brick building was built in about 1910 and features an arcade of round-arch windows on the East and South facades. The hotel was the premiere hotel in Westville when the town was railway stop. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1984. The hotel has been greatly altered from its original form, including; the southeast breezeway having been bricked off and a room created and the second story bay windows covered in aluminum siding. The owner as of 2006 is a Westville man named Bud Rose. The hotel had been used as multi-unit housing
Apartment
An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building...
until 2004, when Mr. Rose converted the entire downstairs into a personal domicile
Domicile
*In architecture, a general term for a place of residence or "permanent residence" in legal terms*Domicile , the zodiac sign over which a planet has rulership...
. The upstairs twenty-one rooms are now vacant.