{"nrhp_refnum":"74001576","name":"Fort Piqua Hotel","other_names":["Plaza Hotel","The Favorite Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"114 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Piqua","county":"Miami County","state":"OH","lat":40.148808763000034,"lon":-84.24009089499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-02-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-and-one-half-story hotel at 114 West Main Street on Piqua Square in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, built 1890-1891 and first called the Plaza Hotel, later the Old Favorite Hotel.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the hotel as an excellent example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, with a massive, unified rock-faced stone exterior and a prominent corner tower. It is also noted as one of Piqua's landmarks and for its role in the town's commerce, with stores on the ground floor and a succession of hotel operators.","narrative":"Built in 1890-1891 on a corner of Piqua Square, this four-and-one-half-story hotel at 114 West Main Street is one of Piqua's landmarks. It was first known as the Plaza Hotel and later as the Old Favorite Hotel. The partnership of Orr and Statler built it on a site previously occupied by small, deteriorating frame buildings, and they rented the ground-floor spaces as stores while leasing the hotel to operators. The building is rock-faced stone in random ashlar, about 120 by 80 feet, with a three-story arch marking the entrance, groups of round-headed windows, a slate hipped roof, and a thirty-foot corner tower with a pyramidal roof, gablets and turrets. Its massive, unified look is characteristic of Richardsonian Romanesque design, and it is described as an excellent example of that style. Later overshadowed by modern hotels and motels and bypassed by the interstate, it remains open, and its architecture recalls the town's more prosperous years.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (built 1890-1891)","architect_builder":"Built by the partnership of Orr and Statler","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and in constant use; the hotel is open, though business is said to be poor. First-floor storefronts have been altered over the years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.686222-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001576.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001576/3684f9b3fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001576/3684f9b3fe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Piqua_Hotel_from_southeast.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fort_Piqua_Hotel_from_southeast.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990309","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Piqua_Plaza","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51956193"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/miami-county/fort-piqua-hotel-74001576/"}