NRHP: Golden Hotel
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Golden Hotel
NRHP Reference #: 89002040
NRHP Listing Date: 19891127
Location
406 E Douglas, O’Neill, Holt County, Nebraska
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Summary
The Golden Hotel, constructed in 1912-13, in O'Neill is significant for its association with the commercial development of O'Neill and with the building boom of second generation hotels that was occurring statewide during the first quarter of the twentieth century. The hotels built during this period, as exemplified by the Golden, were multi-floor, brick buildings that offered the most modern conveniences and catered especially to the businessmen who traveled on the railroad. Aside from providing pleasant quarters for travelers, the new hotels became the symbol of a prospering community with a bright future. For this reason, towns and cities of all sizes thought it was important to showcase a "modern" hotel as an indication of their prominent standing in the state. It is within this context that the importance of the Golden Hotel is realized.
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