Eskridge Hotel - Wynnewood, OK - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Eskridge Hotel was built by Pinckney Reid Eskridge in 1907, at a cost of $25,000. The hotel had 30 rooms, with ten foot high ceilings on the upper floors. The hotel operated from 1907 to the early 1970s, and was known as the best hotel on the Santa Fe between Oklahoma City and Dallas. Catering primarily to “drummers”, (traveling salesmen) like Eskridge himself, he took pains to make his hotel a home away from home, with comfortable beds and excellent chicken dinners in the dining room.

In 1973, the Wynnewood Historical Society bought the property and opened a museum The hotel stands mostly as it did in 1907, except for some remodeling at the front entrance. Much of the furnishings inside remain, and its rooms have been furnished to portray various aspects of turn of the century living.

These display rooms include an old school room, Black history room, vintage photo gallery, funeral parlor, barber shop, tack room, armed forces room, old general store, post office, doctor's office, WWII memorial, Native American heritage room, old hotel room, sewing room, dress shop and more.

The hotel is red brick with the windows paired on the sides of the second and third floors, and set in triples on the facade. These front windows have cloth awnings. These are one-over-one, double hung with continuous stone sills on the front and south side on the upper floors.

Five round false windows on the attic level add design. There is a raised pediment reading “1907 / THE ESKRIDGE” The white letters have been enhanced, but the sign is original. The original second floor balcony has been replaced with a brick canopy which covers the sidewalk. The canopy has two bays with brick pilasters. The entry bays each have recessed doors, with large display windows, clerestories and transoms.

This hotel is said to be haunted. The hotel was placed on the National Register in 1979.

Street address: 114 E. Robert S. Kerr Wynnewood, OK US 73098 County / Borough / Parish: Garvin County Year listed: 1979 Historic (Areas of) Significance: See narrative Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Recreation/Culture Privately owned?: yes Hours of operation: From: 11:16 AM To: 12:00 AM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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