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The Hôtel Mercure Lyon Centre Château Perrache, originally Hôtel Terminus, then Pullman Perrache, then Château Perrache, is a hotel of the AccorHotels group built in 1906. It is located on cours de Verdun in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon. The hotel was the headquarters for the Gestapo in Lyon during the Second World War.
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The company was established in 1928 by a group of European hoteliers. [4] With 38 initial members, among them Hotel Negresco in Nice, the Mena House in Cairo, the Montreux Palace in Montreux and King David Hotel in Jerusalem, the organization was initially known as "The Luxury Hotels of Europe and Egypt". [5]
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The hotel opened a rooftop garden in 1910 and a reception room in 1912, and it became one of many hotels which drew conventions to Alton; a contemporary newspaper account described the building as part of the "greatest improvement in property in the city of Alton". In 1925, new owner E. J. Lockyer renamed the hotel to its current name.
A sweepstakes was held to choose the hotel's name; the winning entry, Hotel Père Marquette, a common name for Father Jacques Marquette, received $50. The hotel was completed in 1926 for $2.5 million (now $43 million after inflation), [ 4 ] and its grand opening was held in January 1927. 16,000 people came to the grand opening. [ 5 ]
Hotel Baker is a historic landmark in St. Charles, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places [2] and has been in and out of the hotel business since 1928. [ 3 ] History
The hotel also owned a parking garage and offered valet services to hotel guests. [1] By the 1950s, the demand for urban hotels was on the decline as they struggled to compete with smaller, cheaper motels along the highway. In 1964, the hotel was sold to the Active Order of Carmelites and was converted to a nursing home. In 1980, the hotel was ...