The hotel was included in the federal Historic American Buildings Survey, but this did not prevent it from being demolished in 1948.
[1] Notable guests at this hotel included Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Webster,[2] and Jefferson Davis.
[3] The first public transit omnibus line for St. Louis was established in 1843.
It ran from the old National Hotel to the North St. Louis ferry landing at Madison Street.
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