Exhibit 23.1


                             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


Amerihost Properties, Inc.
Des Plaines, Illinois

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference  in the Company's previously
filed Registration  Statement (file no. 33-72742) of  our report dated March 20,
1997 relating to  the consolidated financial statements of Amerihost Properties,
Inc. appearing  in the  Company's Annual  Report on Form  10-K/A-1 for  the year
ended December 31, 1996.


     BDO Seidman, LLP


Chicago, Illinois
November __, 1997