Connor Hotel - Joplin MO
N 37° 05.305 W 094° 30.818
15S E 365474 N 4105752
This granite marker is on the front lawn of the Joplin Public Library - "A memorial to the grand lady of Joplin, the Connor Hotel, 4th & Main Street".
Waymark Code: WMKJVB
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2014
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THE CONNOR HOTEL
JOPLIN'S ORIGINAL INDUSTRIES WERE LEAD AND ZINC
MINING, SMELTING AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING.
JOPLIN BECAME THE CENTER OF ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT MINING FIELDS IN THE WORLD.
IN 1906 AND 1907, THE CONNOR HOTEL WAS BUILT TO
PROVIDE ACCOMODATIONS FOR PARTIES AND BANQUETS.
THE 4TH AND MAIN ST AREA WAS THE CENTER OF
JOPLIN'S SOCIAL LIFE FOR CAMP CROWDER'S SOLDIERS,
THE AREA'S INDUSTRIES AND VISITORS. THIS EIGHT
STORY FRENCH RENAISSANCE BUILDING HAD CARVED
ARABESQUES, A ROOF GARDEN PENTHOUSE BALLROOM,
AND A GLASSED-IN ROOM ON THE TOP WITH A VIEW OF THE
SKYLINE. THE CANOPIED ENTRANCE LED GUESTS INTO
A SPACIOUS AND ORNATE LOBBY RICHLY DRAPED WITH
LACE, SATINS AND VELVET. THE ROTUNDA AND GRAND
STAIRWAY WAS FINISHED ENTIRELY IN WHITE ITALIAN
MARBLE WITH IMMENSE NEWEL POSTS.
DESPITE THE DREAM OF THE LAST OWNERS, BURL M.
AND CEOLA GARVIN, TO REFURBISH THE HOTEL, THE
LAST BUSINESS IN THE HOTEL CLOSED IN 1977. THE
CONNOR HOTEL WAS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC
REGISTER.
1926 - MAIN STREET BECAME PART OF U.S. HIGHWAY 66
1935 - U.S. HIGHWAY 66 WAS DEDICATED TO THE NOBLE
STATESMAN WILL ROGERS
"WE CAN'T ALL BE HEROES BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS
TO SIT ON THE CURB AND CLAP AS THEY GO BY."
WILL ROGERS
A MEMORIAL TO THE GRAND LADY OF JOPLIN
THE CONNOR HOTEL 4TH & MAIN STREET
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