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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Aldridge Hotel
| refnum = 00000622
| architect = Albon C. Davis<br>
G.P. Carr
| built = 1928
| location = [[Shawnee, Oklahoma]]
| image = Aldridge Hotel 2012-09-26 18-12-16.jpg
| caption = Aldridge Hotel in 2012
| added = June 2, 2000
| architecture = [[Early Commercial architecture|Early Commercial]] and [[Classical Revival]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|35|19|44|N|96|55|21|W}}
}}
The '''Aldridge Hotel''', also called the Aldridge Building Senior Apartments or just the Aldridge Apartments,<ref name=Post/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.apartments.com/aldridge-building-senior-apartments-shawnee-ok/07zkv82/ |title= Aldridge Building Senior Apartments|publisher=Apartments.com|accessdate=January 23, 2022}}</ref> is a landmark historic structure in [[Shawnee, Oklahoma]].  It has been on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma]] since 2000.
==History==
Originally called the Hilton Phillips Hotel after the oil baron who constructed it for $750,000 in 1928, the building’s future was immediately dimmed by the [[Great Depression]].<ref name=Post>{{cite web|url= https://www.visitshawnee.com/post/the-aldridge-jewel-of-historic-downtown-shawnee |title=The Aldridge: Jewel of Historic Downtown Shawnee|publisher=VisitShawnee.com|accessdate=January 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.shawneeok.org/community/history_of_shawnee/index.php |title=History of Shawnee|publisher=City of Shawnee|accessdate=January 22, 2022}}</ref>  It was sold in 1930 to the [[Aldridge Hotel Company|Aldridge Hotel Co.]], and so acquired the Aldridge name.<ref name=Post/>  Ten stories tall and host to 200 rooms, the establishment had numerous amenities including dining and banquet rooms, a laundry, and even a bakery.<ref name=Post/>
Closed in 1994, the building was put on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on June 2, 2000.<ref name=Post/><ref name=NRHP/>  Following seven million dollars in renovations, the building reopened in 2005 as the Aldridge Apartments.<ref name=Post/>  It is now a complex for seniors aged 62 and up and has been reconfigured with one- and two-bedroom apartments.<ref name=Post/>
==Style==
The building’s style is called [[Early Commercial architecture|Early Commercial]] and [[Classical Revival]].<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url= https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/00000622 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Aldridge Hotel|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=January 22, 2022}}</ref>  The lobby and some other areas are available for public visits.<ref name=Post/>
==References==
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==External links==
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{{NRHP in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
{{Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma}}
[[Category:Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma| ]]
[[Category:Lists of National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma by county|Pottawatomie County]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma|*]]
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