340 North Main - Galt House Hotel - St. Charles, Missouri
Posted by: BruceS
N 38° 47.026 W 090° 28.799
15S E 718890 N 4295798
Marker for historic former hotel in downtown St. Charles.
Waymark Code: WMDFDG
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2012
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Text of marker:
340 North Main
Galt House Hotel • 1864 - 1940's
1863 • Henry Angert, Sr.
Many hotels opened and closed in St. Charles during the railroad boom of the 1870s and 1880s. The Galt Hotel and saloon survived the railroad boom, Prohibition, the Great Depression, a tornado, and a runaway railroad car.