Shawnee Hotel - Springfield, Ohio

 The Shawnee Hotel, now called Shawnee Place, is a historic building in Springfield, Ohio. At eight stories, the hotel was the tallest building in Springfield when it was built in 1916–1917. The hotel had 173 guest rooms, mahogany and ivory furniture, marble staircases, Italian drapery, and included such innovations as in-room plumbing, meeting rooms, and banquet facilities. The hotel was in operation through the 1960s when converted to a residential hotel. It later was vacant until 1985, when it was converted to senior housing. The building was renovated again in 2009, and in 2012 became senior living apartments managed by Episcopal Retirement Homes. A.C. Link was a prominent Springfield realtor and developer who purchased this land to have the Shawnee Hotel built; the builders were Caldwell-Marshall Co. The Architect was H. Ziegler Dietz. Architectural Style-Neo Classical Revival. Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 5, 1985. GPS: 39.92475°N, -83.80833°W.