1 Park Ave., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. County/parish: Oklahoma.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 10, 1979. NRIS 79002010.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Skirvin Hotel is a 225-room hotel located in downtown Oklahoma City and the city's oldest hotel. Comprising three towers of 13 floors in an Art Deco architectural style, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In 1945, Skirvin Hotel and Skirvin Tower was sold to local hotelier Dan James. Over the years, James executed several renovation works to revitalize the hotel and attract tourists visiting Oklahoma. Some of the new amenities include air conditioning, a new swimming pool, and new furnitures for the luxury rooms. However, the hotel closed down in 1988 due to low occupancy. For the next 19 years, the hotel sat abandoned.
Skirvin Hotel was renovated and re-opened as part of the Hilton chain of hotels in 2007. The renovation project restored the original exterior finish, installed historically accurate windows, reconfigured guest rooms and added new guest elevators. The larger rooms brought the number of rooms down to 225 with 22,000 square feet of meeting rooms and common areas.
The property is managed by Marcus Hotels & Resorts under the Hilton brand, and is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86511668