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The Magnolia Hotel St. Louis is a historic hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, known for most of its life as the Mayfair Hotel. The Mayfair was founded by hotelier Charles Heiss from Bavaria. Heiss had previous hotel experience in Europe, Canada, and America, including time as the assistant manager at the Knickerbocker in New York and with Statler Hotels (an early American hotel chain) where he had managed their Detroit hotel. Mr. Heiss was transferred to St. Louis to manage the Statler hotel there, which he did for some years before having a disagreement with Mr. Statler, in which he swore to build better hotels nearby in St. Louis. The hotel was built from 1924-25 and designed by prominent St. Louis architect Preston J. Bradshaw. The concrete building is faced in red brick and terra cotta; it utilizes terra cotta extensively in its facing, window frames, ornaments, and cornices. The 18 story building contained three high speed elevators which were tended to by elevator operators. The Mayfair opened its doors on August 29, 1925 for a private reception and dinner for the 120 stockholders and contractors.〔 The next evening 4,000 guests were invited for a grand opening and dedication. The Mayfair Hotel featured a nine chair barbershop, a six booth beauty parlor (unlike at many hotels where these services would be located in a basement), and private dining rooms and a luxurious lounge in the mezzanine off of the lobby. Noted guests of the hotel throughout the years were Irving Berlin, John Barrymore, Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant, Harry Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson. Radio station KMOX went on the air from a studio in the mezzanine of the Mayfair in 1925. KMOX installed an $18,000 Kilgen organ and held recitals every day at noon and between 6 and 7 p.m.〔 In 1977, the hotel's interior was renovated, removing 85 rooms; while the interior was redecorated, the renovation kept the original features when possible, maintaining the building's historic value. The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1979.〔 The hotel was sold in 2003 to local businessmen Michael and Steven Roberts, who renamed it the Roberts Mayfair Hotel.〔http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2007/12/10/focus1.html?page=all〕 The hotel was managed by Wyndham Hotels for a time during this period.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/79003638.pdf )〕 The brothers constructed an condominium tower adjacent to the hotel, which proved unsuccessful, forcing them to sell the hotel to UrbanStreet Group in 2012, who then resold it for $4 million to Magnolia Hotels in 2013.〔http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/magnolia-proceeds-with-plan-to-redo-the-mayfair/article_0735483d-fee0-5aa8-ac34-68c232ae669a.html〕 Magnolia renovated the hotel and renamed it the Magnolia Hotel St. Louis, reopening it in 2014.〔http://www.magnoliahotels.com/magnolia-stlouis/magnolia-hotel-magnolia-stlouis.php〕 ==See also== *Mayfair salad dressing *Washington Avenue Historic District, St. Louis 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mayfair Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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