Hotel Cherokee
a.k.a. Alfalfa County Museum
117 W. Main, Cherokee, OKThe Hotel Cherokee, located at 117 West Main, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, is a four-story Commercial style hotel located on the west side of Cherokee's historic and present-day commercial district. From the time of its 1901 founding, Cherokee, Oklahoma, was the regional trading center for Alfalfa County. Built in 1929 to replace an original hotel that burned in 1927, the Hotel Cherokee provided a haven for travelers, out-of-town business persons, and area residents who traded in or did business in Cherokee. The hotel represents a period of struggle, growth, and development in Cherokee's commercial history, 1929-1947, a time during which much local business promotion was being conducted in order to overcome the effects of a national economic depression and war. The hotel is the largest brick Commercial Style building in Cherokee and Alfalfa County. Virtually still in its original condition, the Hotel Cherokee retains a high degree of integrity of location, setting, design, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. It is amply able to convey information about Cherokee's commercial development from 1929 to 1947 and is the only extant hotel in Cherokee dating from that time period. As such, it is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A, for its local commercial significance, and under Criterion c, for its local architectural significance.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.