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Tiger Hotel
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National Register of Historic Places

Tiger Hotel

On the National Register since 198046 years
Listed 1980Columbia
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Tiger Hotel

Tiger Hotel, at 23 S. 8th St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Feb 29, 1980. It was among the first 10 of Columbia’s 42 listings. The Register lists it for its architecture and social history, at the local level. 16 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHotel in Missouri, United States of America. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 32 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1928 to today

  1. 1928Built
  2. 1980Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 46 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

23 S. 8th St., Columbia · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Tiger HotelStart here
  2. 2Miller Building, Matthews Hardware, Metropolitan BuildingItalianate · next door
  3. 3Ballenger BuildingTwo-Part Commercial Block · Built 1904 · next door
  4. 4Virginia BuildingTwo-Part Commercial Block · next door
  5. 5Missouri TheaterBuilding · next door
Around it

25 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BMissouri United Methodist ChurchBuilding0.1 miDNorth Ninth Street Historic DistrictLate Victorian0.1 miBCoca-Cola Bottling Company BuildingColonial Revival0.2 miBMissouri, Kansas, and Texas Railroad DepotBuilding0.2 miBKress BuildingTwo-Part Commercial Block0.2 miBSecond Baptist ChurchRomanesque0.2 miBJohn W. Boone HouseLate Victorian0.2 miDDowntown Columbia Historic District (Boundary Increase)Warehouse0.2 miBFirst Christian ChurchRomanesque · Built 18930.2 miBWabash Railroad Station and Freight HouseBuilding0.2 miDDowntown Columbia Historic DistrictLate Victorian0.2 miBColumbia National Guard ArmoryArt Deco0.2 miDFrancis Quadrangle Historic DistrictRichardsonian Romanesque0.3 miBMissouri State Teachers AssociationJacobean Revival0.3 miBSenior HallVictorian Eclectic · Built 18410.3 miDStephens College, South CampusGeorgian Revival0.3 miBCentral Dairy BuildingLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.3 miBMcCain Furniture StoreTwo-Part Commercial Block0.3 mi
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BSt. Paul A.M.E. ChurchRomanesque0.3 miBDouglass, Fred, SchoolNeo-Classical Revival · Built 19160.4 miBSecond Christian ChurchEclectic0.4 miBSamuel H. and Isabel Smith Elkins HouseItalianate0.4 miBSanford F. Conley HouseItalianate0.5 miSColumbia CemeteryRomanesque0.5 miBWright Brothers Mule BarnOne and Two-Park Industrial Block0.5 mi

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Questions about Tiger Hotel

Is Tiger Hotel on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Feb 29, 1980 (Register number 80002316).

Is Tiger Hotel a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Missouri has 35 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Sanborn Field and Soil Erosion Plots, 0.8 miles away.

Can you visit Tiger Hotel?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Tiger Hotel?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 32 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 63818332 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.