Majestic Hotel - St. Louis, Missouri
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 38° 37.716 W 090° 11.743
15S E 744113 N 4279294
Historic hotel building located in the central business district of St. Louis, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM88AY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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"The Majestic Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, United States (also known as the DeSoto Hotel or Hotel Majestic, now the Omni Majestic Hotel) was a hotel built in 1913–1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is now a restored hotel with 91 guest rooms and is operated by Omni Hotels.

The Majestic Hotel has 72,000 square feet (6,700 m2) of space, nine stories and 109 feet (33 m) tall at its maximum height, and is based on a steel frame. It also has brick curtain walls and concrete floors. The hotel was designed as a tri-part structure, including a base, shaft, and capital, and is divided by the use of white terra cotta.

First opened near the end of September, 1914, the hotel is one of St. Louis' few hotels which date from before World War I and still exist today. The building's Renaissance Revival design is an example of common styles in St. Louis architecture in the 1920s. The hotel was built to serve middle-class guests, but it had advanced fireproofing, two restaurants, and a rathskeller.

In 1913, construction for the hotel began, replacing a three-story building. The hotel cost about $250,000 to build. However, it is unclear who designed the hotel. Plans for the hotel give credit to Harry F. Roach, while building permits list the architect as Albert B. Groves. Both men were well-known St. Louis architects who had each designed various other hotels, but were never in partnership.

The Majestic Hotel was later renamed the DeSoto Hotel and still served guests until 1979, when it was announced that the building would be replaced with a parking garage due to the high cost needed to restore the building so it could meet more recent building codes. However, the hotel was given to new owners, and they planned to renovate the building for office space. However, a joint venture by Eugene Wolff, Dick Deutsch, and Southwestern Bell, called Majestic Associates, used $7 million to restore the building into a luxury hotel, called the Hotel Majestic. Southwestern Bell also spent $15 million in 1987 to renovate the building.

In 1996, the hotel was sold for $4.3 million to Bray & Gillespie LLC, which operated it under Crowne Plaza. In 1997, Omni Hotels acquired the hotel from Crowne Plaza" - Wikipedia
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