Commercial Hotel (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
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Commercial Hotel, also known as River Front Hotel, was built in 1898 in a simplified variation of the Second Empire style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1973.
The three story hotel is constructed of wood with a mansard roof
, third-floor dormer
s, and wrought iron
cresting, which are all characteristic of the Second Empire style.
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 1973.
The three story hotel is constructed of wood with a mansard roof
Mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret...
, third-floor dormer
Dormer
A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.Often...
s, and wrought iron
Wrought iron
thumb|The [[Eiffel tower]] is constructed from [[puddle iron]], a form of wrought ironWrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon...
cresting, which are all characteristic of the Second Empire style.