Hotel Fontenelle

Designed by noted architect Thomas Rogers Kimball in the Late Gothic Revival style, it opened in 1915 and was demolished in 1983.

Costing $1 million to build, it was funded largely by citizen subscribers, which was a common method for financing hotels at the time.

[2] The building had 350 guest rooms decorated in an English style, and public areas appointed with marble floors and mahogany paneling.

Many attempts were made to redevelop the Fontenelle as it stood empty over the next twelve years,[8] but it was eventually demolished in the spring of 1983.

The Fontenelle hosted many celebrities and politicians through the years, including Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth,[10] as well as President Harry S. Truman,[11] who was a personal friend of Gene Eppley.