Hollenden Hotel

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The Hollenden Hotel
The Hollenden Hotel, circa 1903
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General information
LocationSuperior and Bond (E. 6th) St.
Cleveland, Ohio
Opening1885
Closed1962
Technical details
Floor count8
Design and construction
Architect(s)George F. Hammond
Other information
Number of rooms1000
1909 Postcard of the Hollenden Hotel in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Hollenden Hotel was a luxury

industrialists, celebrities and politicians, including five U.S. Presidents. The Fifth Third Center skyscraper currently occupies the hotel's former location.[1]

History

Liberty E. Holden, a

theater, barbershop along with several bars and clubs. The hotel housed permanent as well as temporary residents.[1]
The hotel's interiors consisted of paneled walls, redwood and mahogany fittings and were finished off with crystal chandeliers.[3]

During the hotel's history, it had a reputation for hosting celebrities, industrial giants and various politicians, including the former U.S. Presidents

U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy.[6]

In the 1920s, it was purchased by Detroit real estate investor Ben Tobin.[7] A $5 million annex was built on the east side of the hotel in 1926, while the original hotel was modernized. From there, the hotel would have several owners until its final owner, the 600 Superior Corp bought it in 1960. The 600 Superior Corp did not have much success profiting from the hotel as only 350 of the 1,000 rooms were now commonly used. In 1962, only two years after buying the hotel, the owners closed the hotel and had it demolished.[1]

The 600 Superior Corp along with developer James M. Carney subsequently built a new hotel, the 14-story, 400-room Hollenden House. The new hotel with a parking garage was opened on March 1, 1965.

John Galbreath purchased the site and had the Bank One Center, now known as Fifth Third Center, constructed by 1992.[1]

Events at the Hollenden

On March 18, 1909 the 8-year-old son of a leading attorney in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Willie Whitla, was kidnapped for $10,000 ransom.[9] After the money was delivered the boy was released unharmed and put on a streetcar in Cleveland and reunited with his father at the Hollenden.[10] The kidnappers were caught with $9,790 of the money.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: HOLLENDEN HOTEL
  2. ISBN 0-9646459-0-4
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  3. ^ "Cool History of Cleveland Blog - Hollenden Hotel". Archived from the original on 2009-10-02. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  4. ^ [1] William Ganson Rose, Cleveland: the Making of a City, page 472
  5. ^ Glick, Thomas F., (1988) Einstein in Spain: Relativity and the Recovery of Science. Princeton University Press. p. 90.
  6. ^ The Group Plan, Buildings of the Group Plan
  7. ^ New York Times: "Ben Tobin, 92, Investor in Hotels And in Real Estate" by Wolfgang Saxon June 16, 1996
  8. ^ Barmann, George A. (March 2, 1965). "Hollenden Guest Gets Privacy". The Plain Dealer. p. 4.
  9. ^ "Kidnap Schoolboy and Demand $10,000", New York Times, March 19, 1909, p 1
  10. ^ "Kidnapped Boy is Recovered", New York Times, March 23, 1909, p 1
  11. ^ "Get Kidnappers; Recover Money", New York Times, March 24, 1909, p 1
  12. ^ "Early Victim of Kidnap Plot Dies as Prey to Pneumonia", The Salt Lake Tribune, December 29, 1932

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