City Hotel (Marthaville, Louisiana)

City Hotel in Marthaville, Louisiana, also known as Hotel Darden, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1] It was built c.1881 upon arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, which stopped at a depot across the street from the hotel. It was built by John Jackson Rains, an early settler who is considered to be the founder of Marthaville.[2]

City Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Jct. of LA 120 and Rains Ave., Marthaville, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°44′21″N 93°23′43″W
Area	less than one acre
NRHP reference No.	93000317[1]
Added to NRHP	April 22, 1993

The hotel is stylistically simple, but has a full gallery (porch) on both of its two stories. It has a hipped roof.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "City Hotel" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Department of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-16. with two photos and a map Archived 2017-03-16 at the Wayback Machine