[1] It was operated by Joseph Fenner Ange since the Angebilt's opening until May 1923 when he announced bankruptcy and left the hotel.

In June 1920, Joseph Fenner Ange, announced plans to build a $1 Million Dollar hotel.

On March 1, 1923, Harry Gardiner, also known as “The Human Fly,” scaled the Angebilt to raise funds for the Elks Club [1].

2 months after the Angebilt's opening, Joseph Fenner Ange announced bankruptcy and left the hotel, but the next year it was sold at public auction and was reopened.

Prostitutes, transients, and drifters often stayed there and the top floor and rooftop ballroom was used for storage.

Firefighters claimed it was difficult to extinguish the fire because materials in the top floor ballroom kept reigniting.