The Lincoln Hotel is a historic hotel building in
Scottsbluff, Nebraska. It was built by Childes & Price in 1917-1918 for the Nebraska Hotel Company, whose directors were F.E. Schaaf and R.W. Johnston.
[ With ] The Scottsbluff Commercial Club donated the land and purchased $5,000 of stocks in the company, which went bankrupt a few years later.
The building was designed in the
Classical Revival style
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...
by architect A. Bandy. From 1965 to 1971 the building was used as
dormitories and classrooms by the
Hiram Scott College
Hiram Scott College was a private liberal arts college that operated from 1965 to 1972 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Named after Hiram Scott (1805–1828), a fur trapper with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company who was found dead in the vicinity on his re ...
, and later used as
dormitories again by the
Platte Valley Bible College from 1976 to 1983.
It has been listed on the
National Register of Historic Places since March 5, 1998.
References
National Register of Historic Places in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Neoclassical architecture in Nebraska
Hotel buildings completed in 1918
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