HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY BUILDING AND STRUCTURES Norwich Heritage Trust, Inc, P.O.Box 185 Norwich, CT 06360	This Building sponsored by Norwich Heritage Trust, Inc.
Building Name:	Historic Name: The Buckingham Hotel
Town/City: Norwich	County: New London
Address:26-8	Street: Broadway
Owners:John M. Caprilozzi, 38 Summer St., Norwich, CT.	Private
Present Use: Shoestore barber shop	Historic Use Hotel
Exterior is viewable to public	Interior is accessible	Explain: open during business hours
Style of Building: Commercial	Construction Date: 1891
Materials Brick	Structural System Load Bearing Masonry
Roof
Stories: 5	Dimensions: 25 ' X 75 '
Structural Condition: Good	Exterior Condition: Fair
Alterations: New first floor storefronts
Outbuildings:
Environment: commercial

Interrelationship of Building and Surroundings: The Buckingham Hotel is the largest building in height on the west side of Broadway. There are several buildings of similar height on the opposite side of the street.

Features: The first floor storefronts are faced in black glassine. The rest of the facade is divided into two sections b belt courses between the third and fourth floors. The second and third floors are divided by vertical pilasters into four bays, each wïth a single window per floor with 2 - over- 2 double- hung sash. The fourth and fifth floors are also divided by pilasters into four bays, although the fourth floor windows are recessed slightly and those of the fifth are not. Each floor has paired 1 - over- 1 double- hung sash for each bay. The side elevations have segmentally-arched widow openings with 2 -over- 2 double- h 2 sash.

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Importance: The Buckingham Hotel was the last hotel to be built in downtown Norwich, in 1891. Later called the Del - Hoff, the Buckingham Hotel is one of a series of hotels which clustered on lower Broadway. The other two were the Wauregan 1853-55, and the City Hotel of 182 6. As a transportation center, Norwich supported a number of hotels in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Architecturally, the building is advanced for its time, foreshadowing the 20th century commercial designs.

Sources: Assessor's Records
Building Evaluation Form, c. 1979
Common Council Journal, 1891
Norwich City Directories
Norwich Land Records, Vols. 4 12, p. 20 4, 484, p. 13, 523, p. 347 p. 444, 209, p. 582, Vols. 165, p.497; 149, p.355; 109, p.251; 108, p.503; 200, p.173; 178, p.4B.

Evaluations:

Threats None Private