Signature Inn Cincinnati Northeast

aerial imagery courtesy of Bing maps

map graphic courtesy of signature-inns.com at archive.org

Signature Inn's Cincinnati Northeast location was one of two hotels built in 1984 and represents the chain's entry into the Ohio market.  This was the first of five hotels to be opened in Ohio and two in the Cincinnati area (three if you count Florence, Kentucky - the chain did).  According to Signature Inn's defunct website, this hotel has 97 rooms, making it the second smallest in the chain.

Based solely off of what I know about the buildings, this was heavily renovated at some point in its life.  A quick search of historicaerials.com shows that this would've taken place somewhere between 2004 and 2009.

the front of the hotel

the hotel's canopy

Despite the renovations, it's still fairly easy to tell what this used to be.  Among other improvements made, the skylights in the canopy were removed, though one can still see where they would have been.

This hotel has been under a number of different names in the past.  It was sold in early 2002 - the third hotel sold out of the chain and the first once sold since the Jameson merger.  Google Street View from July 2007 shows the hotel as a Quality Inn; a July 2011 capture shows it as a Clarion, and July 2012 shows it in its current branding as a Red Roof Inn.

sources for this post include the Hamilton County, Ohio, auditor's website, imagery found on historicaerials.com, signature-inns.com archived at archive.org, and imagery found through Google Maps and Bing Maps.

Photographs not accredited in their captions were taken by me.  These and additional photos can be found here: Formerly Signature Inn by Ryan on Flickr