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Samuel Richards Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	106 East Main Street, Mays Landing, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°27′4″N 74°43′31″W / 39.45111°N 74.72528°W / 39.45111; -74.72528
Built	1837 (1837)
Part of	Mays Landing Historic District (ID90001245)
NRHP reference No.	79001468
NJRHP No.	340
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 31, 1979
Designated CP	August 23, 1990
Designated NJRHP	June 19, 1979

The Samuel Richards Hotel, also known as the American Hotel, is located at 106 East Main Street in the Mays Landing section of Hamilton Township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The sandstone building was built in 1837 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1979, for its significance in architecture, commerce, community planning, law, politics, and social history. The hotel was added as a contributing property to the Mays Landing Historic District in 1990.

History and description

The three and one-half story hotel was built in 1837 by Samuel Richards, formerly from Philadelphia, a prominent Mays Landing property owner and businessman in the iron industry. It was used by the ship-building community. A later owner was John E. Champion, a former Atlantic City councilman. Another owner was William Veal, who also started an opera house in Mays Landing. The county bought the property in 1978.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#79001468)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Atlantic County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 30, 2023. p. 6.
3. ^ DiDomeinco, Joan; Sindoni, Frank (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Richards, Samuel, Hotel". National Park Service. With accompanying 4 photos
4. Thompson, Priscilla M. (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mays Landing Historic District". National Park Service.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Samuel Richards Hotel at Wikimedia Commons
• "American Hotel – Built 1839". The Historical Marker Database.

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Landmarks	Atlantic City Convention Hall Lucy the Elephant
Districts	Bay Front Historic District Bethlehem Loading Company Mays Landing Plant Archeological Historic District Estellville Glassworks Historic District Linwood Historic District Marven Gardens Historic District Mays Landing Historic District Port Republic Historic District John Stafford Historic District
Places of worship	Church of the Ascension Church of the Redeemer Head of the River Church Jacobus Evangelical Lutheran Church Mays Landing Presbyterian Church St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church
Houses	Capt. Francis Babcock House William L. Black House John Doughty House Dr. Jonathan Pitney House Jeremiah II or Edward Risley House Somers Mansion
Buildings	Barclay Court Belcoville Post Office Amanda Blake Store Egg Harbor Commercial Bank Great Egg Coast Guard Station Holmhurst Hotel Linwood Borough School No. 1 Madison Hotel Morton Hotel Pleasant Mills Samuel Richards Hotel Santa Rita Apartments Segal Building Shelburne Hotel Smithville Apothecary Ventnor City Hall
Sites	Neutral Water Health Resort Sanitarium
Structures	Absecon Lighthouse Capt. John Jeffries Burial Marker Robert J. Walker Weymouth Weymouth Road Bridge World War I Memorial
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Atlantic County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

• Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey
• Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Hotel buildings completed in 1837
• Sandstone buildings in the United States
• National Register of Historic Places in Atlantic County, New Jersey
• Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey
• Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places
• 1837 establishments in New Jersey