{"nrhp_refnum":"91000829","name":"Henry, Patrick, Hotel","other_names":["DHR File No. 128-235"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"617 Jefferson St. S.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.26873580600005,"lon":-79.95211612399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ten-story, L-shaped, brick and concrete Colonial Revival hotel at 617 South Jefferson Street in downtown Roanoke, Virginia, built in 1925 and designed by New York architect William Lee Stoddart.","why_significant":"The hotel is argued to be an example of extravagant Colonial Revival architecture built as part of a 1920s campaign to bring status and a cosmopolitan atmosphere to Roanoke. It is described as the paramount product of the civic renewal led by former mayor and businessman William Wise Boxley. Its name and style were meant to evoke Virginia's colonial heritage and the stability of the Federal style.","narrative":"Rising ten stories in downtown Roanoke, the Patrick Henry Hotel opened in 1925 and still operates as a hotel. Designed by New York hotel architect William Lee Stoddart, it is an L-shaped building of dark red Flemish-bond brick with cast concrete cornices, garlands and urns. A four-bay enclosed cast-iron balcony, carried on massive brackets, projects over the sidewalk on the east facade and is decorated with figures of classical maidens. Inside, a two-story lobby with a mezzanine and a formal ballroom occupy the lower floors. The hotel grew out of a 1920s drive to raise Roanoke's standing, led by civic leader and former mayor William Wise Boxley, who helped form the corporations that financed it. The original building held three hundred rooms and cost two million dollars. Later renovations changed the guest rooms and added a ballroom in 1938, but the Colonial Revival exterior remains largely intact. It is listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1925","architect_builder":"Stoddart, William Lee","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still serves its original function as a hotel; the interior and guest rooms have been remodeled and new owners planned further renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.831667-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/6832/41683277/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/91000829.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000829/4091844540-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000829/4091844540-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Patriarca12","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patrick_Henry_Hotel_in_Roanoke,_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Patriarca12</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patrick_Henry_Hotel_in_Roanoke,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85001349","name":"Southwest Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/southwest-historic-district-85001349/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683277","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Henry_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7146706"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/henry-patrick-hotel-91000829/"}