The new addition, with the original building behind it
Historyedit
The Hotel Statler St. Louis was designed by George B. Post & Sons and was built in 1917 as part of the Statler Hotels chain. It was the first air-conditioned hotel in the United States. Statler Hotels was bought by Hilton in 1954, and the hotel became The Statler Hilton in 1958. It was sold to Towne Realty Company of Milwaukee in 1966 and renamed The St. Louis Gateway Hotel.[2] The hotel was sold to Denver businessman Victor Sayyah and St. Louis politician Peter J. Webbe in 1981 for $3.2 million. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] The hotel closed for a renovation in 1986, but caught fire on February 12, 1987[3] and never reopened. The fire was determined to have been deliberately set.
The hotel sat empty for over a decade, until the city government pushed for its renovation as part of a 1000-room hotel to serve the adjacent America's Center.[4] Cleanup work began on the hotel in November 1999 at a cost of $5 million. The hotel was then renovated from 2000 to 2002 by Kimberly-Clark[5] and Historic Restoration Inc. at a cost of $265 million.[2] At this time, a new addition was constructed to the east. It was originally to have had 38 floors but was eventually reduced to match the height of the existing hotel.[6] The hotel was renamed the Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel.
The hotel was foreclosed on by its bondholders in 2009, after it failed to generate enough revenue to cover interest payments.[7] The hotel was sold in 2014 to Haberhill Inc. and was renovated from November 2014 to August 2015 at a cost of $30 million. At the completion of the work, it was renamed the Marriott St. Louis Grand Hotel.[8][9]
marriott, louis, grand, hotel, hotel, located, washington, avenue, historic, district, downtown, louis, missouri, hotel, renovated, 2015, hotel, statleru, national, register, historic, places1917, tower, hotelshow, louisshow, missourishow, united, stateslocati. The Marriott St Louis Grand Hotel is a hotel located in the Washington Avenue Historic District in Downtown St Louis Missouri The hotel was renovated in 2015 Hotel StatlerU S National Register of Historic Places1917 tower of the hotelShow map of St LouisShow map of MissouriShow map of the United StatesLocation800 Washington Ave St Louis MissouriCoordinates38 37 49 N 90 11 34 W 38 63028 N 90 19278 W 38 63028 90 19278Built1917ArchitectPost George W amp SonsNRHP reference No 82004729 1 Added to NRHPMarch 19 1982The new addition with the original building behind itHistory editThe Hotel Statler St Louis was designed by George B Post amp Sons and was built in 1917 as part of the Statler Hotels chain It was the first air conditioned hotel in the United States Statler Hotels was bought by Hilton in 1954 and the hotel became The Statler Hilton in 1958 It was sold to Towne Realty Company of Milwaukee in 1966 and renamed The St Louis Gateway Hotel 2 The hotel was sold to Denver businessman Victor Sayyah and St Louis politician Peter J Webbe in 1981 for 3 2 million It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 1 The hotel closed for a renovation in 1986 but caught fire on February 12 1987 3 and never reopened The fire was determined to have been deliberately set The hotel sat empty for over a decade until the city government pushed for its renovation as part of a 1000 room hotel to serve the adjacent America s Center 4 Cleanup work began on the hotel in November 1999 at a cost of 5 million The hotel was then renovated from 2000 to 2002 by Kimberly Clark 5 and Historic Restoration Inc at a cost of 265 million 2 At this time a new addition was constructed to the east It was originally to have had 38 floors but was eventually reduced to match the height of the existing hotel 6 The hotel was renamed the Renaissance St Louis Grand Hotel The hotel was foreclosed on by its bondholders in 2009 after it failed to generate enough revenue to cover interest payments 7 The hotel was sold in 2014 to Haberhill Inc and was renovated from November 2014 to August 2015 at a cost of 30 million At the completion of the work it was renamed the Marriott St Louis Grand Hotel 8 9 References edit a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service March 13 2009 a b Treacy Patricia 2005 The Grand Hotels of St Louis ISBN 9780738539744 February 12 1987 St Louis Gateway Hotel burns ksdk com Archived from the original on June 3 2016 Retrieved July 31 2015 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2016 03 04 Retrieved 2015 07 31 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Tim Bryant 7 November 2013 Sale of Renaissance Grand hotel is pending stltoday com Built St Louis Recalled to Life Statler Hotel Lisa Brown 20 December 2013 Maritz Wolff buys Renaissance Suites hotel in downtown St Louis stltoday com Look inside the 30 million renovation of St Louis largest hotel St Louis Business Journal Archived from the original on 2015 06 20 St Louis Hotels Marriott St Louis Grand Marriott External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Renaissance St Louis Grand Hotel Official website This article about a property in St Louis Missouri on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to a building or structure in St Louis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Marriott St Louis Grand Hotel amp oldid 1074635254, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
