Ingalls Hotel, Ingalls

Ingalls

The Ingalls Hotel is believed to be the original building from the 1920s. The nomination to the State Register from 1980 describes it as “a 1920s building used as a hotel and Masonic lodge during oil boom days.” Seems to be the Masonic lodge did some renovation/alterations to replicate the original hotel for the reenactments the town once held, but there’s no information showing how much it has strayed from the original design. Today, Ingalls is described as a ghost town. A notorious gunfight between members of the Doolin/Dalton gang and law enforcement occurred near the hotel in 1893.

Why It’s Endangered: The Ingalls Hotel is endangered due to age, deferred maintenance and lack of preservation funding.

Photo by Shelley Bierschank