Aristocrat Motor Inn

The Aristocrat Motor Inn is a historic hotel building at 240 Central Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a large seven-story structure, with a six-story U-shaped tower set on a basically rectangular ground floor. It is finished in glass, brick, and metal, in the Mid-Century Modern style. The tower is organized around a central courtyard, with the interior facades in a sawtooth pattern to maximize light coming into the hotel rooms facing inward. The hotel was built in 1963 by Samuel Kirsch, a local businessman engaged in a variety of pursuits. It was one of the first hotels built along the city's Central Avenue to feature a Modernist exterior. It was operated as a hotel until 1978, and was after converted into low-income housing.[2]

Aristocrat Motor Inn
Location240 Central Ave., Hot Springs, Arkansas
Coordinates34°30′59″N 93°3′13″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Architectural styleMid-Century Modern
Part ofHot Springs Central Avenue Historic District (ID85001370)
NRHP reference No.100000552[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 24, 2017
Designated CPJune 25, 1985

The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Hill Wheatley Downtowner Motor Inn" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2017-02-04.


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