Ward Hotel
The Ward Hotel in Fort Smith, Arkansas, opened on December 14, 1929, at 6th Street and Garrison
Avenue. The building was designed by Marcel Boulicault of St. Louis, Missouri, and Haralson and
Nelson of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Ward Hotel cost $600,000 to build and furnish. The hotel was
originally built with 165 rooms, a coffee shop, barber shop, and a ballroom. Later, the hotel expanded to
include 200 rooms containing connecting baths. The Ward Hotel is listed with the United States National
Register of Historic Places as a contributing building to the West Garrison Avenue Historic District in
downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas.
July 27, 1917
Southwest American
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