The Oxford Hotel, also known as the West Baden Springs Hotel, is a historic

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

building located at West Baden Springs,

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. It was built about 1910, and is a large three-story, rectangular, brick building. It features

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storefronts and a pitched roof with straight and stepped

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s. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 2001.

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Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Hotel buildings completed in 1910 Buildings and structures in Orange County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, Indiana {{OrangeCountyIN-NRHP-stub