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A post office called Paris was established in 1820, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1841. [2] The community was named for Paris , in France. [ 3 ]
In 1904 Indiana's Republican governor, Frank Hanly, instigated a raid at the hotel and seized its gambling equipment. [ citation needed ] The state brought suit against Taggart, French Lick's owner, and Lee Sinclair, owner of the West Baden Springs Hotel, but the court case bogged down when Hanley's Democratic successor, Thomas R. Marshall ...
Hotel LaFontaine is a historic hotel building located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and consists of a six-story central pavilion with five-story flanking wings. It is of steel frame and hollow-tile construction and sheathed in brick. The building is in the Colonial Revival style. The lobby is designed to ...
French Lick Resort is a resort complex in the Midwestern United States, located in the towns of West Baden Springs and French Lick, Indiana.The 3,000-acre (12 km 2) complex includes two historic resort spa hotels, stables, a casino, and three golf courses that are all part of a $500 million restoration and development project.
Risen from the Ashes: The History of West Baden Springs Hotel. ISBN 978-1-60414-258-7. Shigley, J. Robert (1991). The Jewel of the Valley: A Narrative and Pictorial History of the Springs Valley Area and the West Baden Springs Hotel. OCLC 28583102. Smith, John Martin (2007). French Lick and West Baden Springs. Arcadia Publishing.
It was one of over two dozen hotels, inns, and rooming houses that came into existence in the early 20th century near Orange County. Prior to its opening, and other similar hotels around it, the high rates at both the French Lick Springs Hotel and the West Baden Springs Hotel had made the area only accessible to the wealthy. The hotel was ...
The Kintner House Hotel is a historic bed & breakfast, in the Corydon Historic District in Corydon, Indiana. The present building was built in 1873, and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, Italianate style brick building. The original Kintner House, two blocks away, was where John Hunt Morgan learned that Robert E. Lee lost at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Spink Arms Hotel, also known as the Lionel Artis Center, is a historic hotel building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1919, and consists of two eight-story, brick towers linked by a one-story connector. It is in the Tudor Revival style and features twin four-story oriel windows on each tower and a crenellated parapet.