The five-story brick building features brick quoins, limestone bands and window sills, terra cotta ornamentation, and a cantilevered cornice.

The hotel opened a rooftop garden in 1910 and a reception room in 1912, and it became one of many hotels which drew conventions to Alton; a contemporary newspaper account described the building as part of the "greatest improvement in property in the city of Alton".

In 1925, new owner E. J. Lockyer renamed the hotel to its current name.

[2] The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 27, 2000.

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