Construction faced financial delays, but after a redesign by G. Lloyd Preacher & Company, the hotel opened on January 25, 1925, at a final cost exceeding $600,000.
General Richard C. Marshall II and Colonel H. Cabel Maddux purchased the property, forming the Hygeia Hotel Company.
Ingram was a career CPA from Chicago who spent many winters at The Gulf Stream with his wife Nelle.
The renovation plans include restoring the original 90-room hotel and constructing an adjacent mixed-use building.
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