The Ashland Springs Hotel is a historic hotel in

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, United States. Built in 1925, it was formerly known as the Mark Antony Motor Hotel or the Lithia Springs Hotel. It was listed on the

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in 1978 as "Lithia Springs Hotel". It was listed again on the National Register in 2000 as a

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. In 2022 the hotel is also a member of

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, an official program of the

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. The Ashland Springs Hotel is a member of

, the official program of the

. The hotel was built before the

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, originally as the Litha Springs Hotel. It was built as a first-class hotel to draw visitors to the area, designed by the architectural firm

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with reinforced concrete with architectural elements that reflected a Romanesque,

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, and Neo-Classical Revival style. It was planned to be the tallest building between

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and

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. The design of the hotel was similar to that of the Boise Hotel and the Baker Hotel, featuring a nine-story central tower with two short wings. In 1961, the hotel was renamed to the Mark Antony Motor Hotel. Due to economic issues, the owner undertook an extensive restoration of the hotel under the

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's Certified Rehabilitation program for which the owners received a preservation tax credit.

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Ashland Springs Hotel website
1925 establishments in Oregon Buildings and structures in Ashland, Oregon Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Oregon Hotel buildings completed in 1924 Hotels in Oregon National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, Oregon Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon Historic Hotels of America Ashland Downtown Historic District {{Oregon-NRHP-stub

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