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Palace Hotel (Springfield, Missouri)

Coordinates: 37°12′40″N 93°17′44″W / 37.21111°N 93.29556°W / 37.21111; -93.29556
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Palace Hotel
The Palace Hotel, September 2014
Palace Hotel (Springfield, Missouri) is located in Missouri
Palace Hotel (Springfield, Missouri)
Palace Hotel (Springfield, Missouri) is located in the United States
Palace Hotel (Springfield, Missouri)
Location501 College St., Springfield, Missouri
Coordinates37°12′40″N 93°17′44″W / 37.21111°N 93.29556°W / 37.21111; -93.29556
Arealess than one acre
Built1892 (1892), 1908
Architectural styleItalianate, Commercial Block
MPSSpringfield, Missouri MPS (Additional Documentation)
NRHP reference No.02001419[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 27, 2002

Palace Hotel, also known as the Eldredge Block, Excelsior Steam Laundry, Baltimore Hotel, Gardner Hotel, and Massey Hotel, is a historic hotel building located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. It was built about 1892, and is a two-story, Italianate influenced brick commercial building. It has cast iron columns on the first floor storefront, a flat roof, and flat parapet. It originally housed a laundry, then converted to a hotel in 1908. It continued as a hotel until 1946.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Richard Lee Burton (September 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Palace Hotel" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-01. (includes 13 photographs from 2002)