Arlington Hotel - Downtown Wellington Historic District - Wellington, KS
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N 37° 15.950 W 097° 23.880
14S E 642046 N 4125565
The elaborate Arlington Hotel building is Item No. 49 on the Historic District nomination.
Waymark Code: WM13Q9D
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2021
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This is a three story building addressed as 102-104 N. Washington. The building, in the Italianate style, was constructed in 1883, two years after a fire destroyed the block in 1881. It is constructed of brick from the local Spicknall Brick Factory. The building was covered with stucco in the 1940's and a tower on the southeast corner was removed.
The building stands on the northwest corner of Harvey and Washington. The east elevation facing Washington has seven narrow one-over-one windows on the second and third floors, each with a metal hood mold. The south elevation has three sections. The eastern has 6 windows on floors two and three, as does the western section. The center section has four double windows on the upper floors. The building has a canted entrance on the southeast corner. At the roof line is a pressed metal cornice.
The original hotel had 50 rooms, plus an office, dining room and kitchen on the second and third floors. The hotel closed in 1970, after 87 years of operation. The ground floor houses several business, the prominent one being a jewelry store which has the canted entry. The entrances on the east and southeast corner have wood awnings over the storefronts, and exposed brick facing. The National Bank of Commerce occupied areas facing Harvey from 1909 to 1967.