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Kaiser-i-Hind Hotel, Jaipur

Out of the first hotels of Jaipur or as the advertisement claims, the “only” hotel in Jaipur, this pretty structure stood on what is now Motilal Atal Road, opposite the Rajputana Sheraton but was sadly demolished many years back. 

The baroque styled hotel was recommended or “patronised” by the royals and nobles in India and Europe, and much like hotels in the west, boasted luxury amenities (ventilated fireplaces, warm mattress beds amongst others) and services. 

Kurhotel, Krankenheil-Tölz

[Unknown Location] Krankenheil-Tölz name changed to Bad Tölz

Langham Hotel, London

The Langham, London, is one of the largest and best known traditional-style grand hotels in London, England. It is situated in the district of Marylebone on Langham Place and faces up Portland Place towards Regent's Park.

Lick House, San Francisco

The Lick House was one of San Francisco's first luxury hotels, built by the piano maker/real estate investor James Lick, who was one of California's wealthiest men of his day. It was one of a cluster of luxury hotels erected in San Francisco during the early-to-mid-1860s, the others being the Russ House (completed in 1862), Occidental Hotel. and Cosmopolitan Hotel (1865). These hotels reflected the city's less rambunctious and more affluent character brought about by Gold Rush prosperity.

Manitoba Hotel

“The Manitoba was one of Winnipeg’s show buildings,” according to a February 9, 1899, editorial in the Telegram. “Its imposing dimensions testified to the importance of the prairie capital, as well as the enterprise of the corporation which erected it; and the comfort and luxury which it afforded to the travelling public, predisposed strangers favourably towards the city and made Winnipeg a welcome stopping-off place in the itinerary of tourists.”

Metropolitan Hotel, New York City

The Metropolitan Hotel in Manhattan, New York City, opened September 1, 1852, and was demolished in 1895. It was built at a time of a "hotel boom" in response to the opening of the New York Crystal Palace exhibition of 1853.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Hotel_(New_York_City)

Metropolitan Hotel, St Paul

Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third Street in St. Paul. On June 27, 1870, proprietor Gilbert Dutcher opened the hotel in grand style and for many years the Metropolitan was identified as St. Paul's premier hotel. Prominent local businessmen and out-of-town movers and shakers would meet at the hotel to discuss business and politics.

Forgotten Minnesota

Montowese House

Opened in 1867 by William Bryan, the Montowese House was a very popular destination and included stables, a pier, tennis courts, a summer theater and bath houses on the beach. Many notable people visited the Montowese, including Mark Twain, Dean Acheson, Dorothy Parker, Thorne Smith, James Sherman (Vice President to William Howard Taft) and Agnes DeMille. Four generations of the Bryan family ran the hotel before it closed in 1963. The Montowese was sold at auction and demolished in 1965.

Morton House, Grand Rapids

The Morton House, a multi-storied hotel at the corner of Monroe and Ionia, has shops at street level, all with their awnings unfurled. At the corner the awning of White & White Druggists advertises that they are open all night, sell surgical instruments as well as soda water and Key West imported cigars. A large blackboard on the side of the building possibly lists items for sale. Horses and carriages line Ionia Ave. Most of the hotel's windows have individual awnings, and the top floor shows three wrought iron balconies with awnings over them.

Murray Hill Hotel, NY

Murray Hill Hotel was a hotel situated at 112 Park Avenue in Murray Hill, Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1884, with 600 rooms and two courtyards, it was demolished in 1947. It was part of the Bowman-Biltmore Hotels chain.

Novum Hotel Kronprinz

From Notebooks and Journals Vol II:
The Kronprinz of Germany knows how to keep hotel, anyway.

The Crown Prince the best hotel I know.

Chickens the size of sparrows - perfect.
["Hamburg spring chickens" which he found "a shade superior to anything strictly earthly" adding that he could not "think of anything that could taste so good, unless it might be a cherubim."]

Parlor stove & mantel combined -- peat. Can't get it very warm.

Occidental Hotel, San Francisco

The Occidental Hotel opened in 1861 in San Francisco, California. It was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake and subsequent fire of 1906.[1] It was one of the many hotels named Occidental in the United States, and it was among the few luxury hotels in San Francisco that catered to wealthy travelers.

One Hans Crescent

One Hans Crescent, formerly the Hans Crescent Hotel and then Knightsbridge Crown Court, is an apartment block, which previously served as a hotel and, later as a crown court, in Hans Crescent in Knightsbridge, London, England.

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Oriental Hotel, NY

On July 4, 1880, Corbin opened his new Oriental Hotel. This palacial resort was approximately two hundred yards east of the Picnic Pavilion, or roughly one thousand yards east of the Manhattan Hotel. The Oriental was Coney Island's flagship hotel and was one of the most technologically sophisticated and refined resorts in the United Stated when it opened. 

The hotel was located in the present-day Manhattan Beach parking lot, spanning from approximately Jaffray Street to Langham Street.... ​ 

Pacific Hotel, San Jose, CA

The Pacific Hotel was originally located at 74-80 South Market Street near Saint Joseph's Church in downtown San Jose. Constructed of fire-proof brick in 1860 as Crandall's Hotel, it underwent several changes of ownership and names (including the Continental Hotel in 1864) until Prussian immigrant and waiter Charles Schiele purchased the property in 1880 and renamed it the Pacific Hotel. The hotel continued operating until the building was purchased by Pacific Telegraph and Telephone Company in 1907.

Palmer House, Chicago

The story of downtown Chicago’s Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel is one of romance and undeniable charm. Potter Palmer was a Chicago business magnate—well-known for various endeavors, including his significant role in the development of downtown Chicago’s iconic State Street. Bertha Honoré Palmer, 23 years Potter’s junior, was a wealthy socialite who also had a drive to learn and succeed.

Paris House Hotel, Paris, IL

Destroyed in a fire in 1918. See France Hotel entry

Park Hotel, Hannibal

John B. Price, (1822-1895) a wholesale lumber dealer, was the primary owner of Hannibal’s Park Hotel. The building stood on the northwest corner of Center and Fourth streets from roughly 1880, until the building was consumed by fire in mid April 1899. 

While Price and his partner, Dubach, maintained ownership of the hotel, a long series of lessees tried their hand at turning a profit from the business. 

On Aug. 24, 1893, the Palmyra Spectator surmised: “This hotel seems to be a Jonah as almost every man who leases it loses money.”

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