From the 1930s onward, the American Hotel was in decline "[a]s salesmen and other travelers took their patronage to motels or found it convenient to skip Medina for overnight stops in favor of easily reached larger cities." (Medina Gazette Post Jan. 6, 1965). The Savings and Deposit Bank next to the Hotel purchased the building with the intention of knocking it down to build a parking lot. | Date: 1954 | Source: Medina County Historical SocietyDownload Original File
