Miss Laura's Visitors Center
USA /
Oklahoma /
Moffett /
North B Street, 2
World
/ USA
/ Oklahoma
/ Moffett
Baroque (architecture), tourist information centre/center, Victorian (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, visitors center
Historic former hotel (now a visitor center for Fort Smith) listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Built: 1898-1899
Architectural style: Victorian Baroque
Areas of significance: Architecture; Social History
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Commercial Hotel (historic name); Riverfront Hotel (another historic name)
Date added to NRHP: 5/7/1973
Notes: As well as serving as a hotel in the early days of Fort Smith, this building was also a highly successful house of prostitution, though that use declined and disappeared very shortly after Arkansas' admittance to the Union.
Built: 1898-1899
Architectural style: Victorian Baroque
Areas of significance: Architecture; Social History
Area: less than 1 acre
Also known as: Commercial Hotel (historic name); Riverfront Hotel (another historic name)
Date added to NRHP: 5/7/1973
Notes: As well as serving as a hotel in the early days of Fort Smith, this building was also a highly successful house of prostitution, though that use declined and disappeared very shortly after Arkansas' admittance to the Union.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Hotel_(Fort_Smith,_Arkansas)
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Coordinates: 35°23'31"N 94°25'44"W
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