Westside Service Station and Riverside Motel

Westside Service Station and Riverside Motel
Location 325 W. River St., Eureka, Kansas
Coordinates 37°49′02″N 96°17′54″W / 37.81722°N 96.29833°W / 37.81722; -96.29833Coordinates: 37°49′02″N 96°17′54″W / 37.81722°N 96.29833°W / 37.81722; -96.29833
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1939
Built by Lloyd Ryther & Glen Handley (motel buildings)
Architectural style Ozark Giraffe
MPS Roadside Kansas MPS
NRHP reference # 12000248[1]
Added to NRHP May 1, 2012

The Westside Service Station and Riverside Motel, at 325 W. River St. in Eureka, Kansas, was built in 1939. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.[1]

The complex includes:

  • an office and café building built in 1939, which has a steeply pitched roof as in Tudor Revival-style buildings.
  • one-story Ranch-style motel building (c.1950-55)
  • three woodframe sleeping cabins with attached carports, faced with limestone "reflecting a common regional architectural style known as Ozark Giraffe".[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Westside Service Station and Riverside Motel / Westside Motel & Cafe; 073-388; 073-389; 073-393" (PDF). Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved July 23, 2018. With accompanying pictures
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