Relic of a Different Era

Many small towns in America have a structure like this one. It’s an old hotel that is located in Gowanda, New York.

It is about a block from the former Erie Railroad passenger station, but it has been decades since passenger trains stopped there.

When the trains ceased running, the hotel probably lost a lot of its business.

I get the impression that the sign notwithstanding, this building is no longer a hotel and hasn’t been for some time.

More than likely it is an apartment building. Look at fan in the window. Would a hotel in 21st century America lack air conditioning as the presence of this fan suggests?

Well, I suppose it could lack functioning air conditioning. If so, that tells you something about the owner of this building.