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The '''Ensley Hotel''' was a two-story wood framed hotel constructed on the corner of [[19th Street Ensley|19th Street]] and [[Avenue E Ensley|Avenue E]] in [[Ensley]] in [[1887]]. Originally the guest rooms primarily accommodated potential investors in Colonel [[Enoch Ensley]]'s real-estate venture. The lobby housed the town's [[Ensley Post Office|post office]] as well as billiard tables and a lounge area. | The '''Ensley Hotel''' was a two-story wood framed hotel constructed on the corner of [[19th Street Ensley|19th Street]] and [[Avenue E Ensley|Avenue E]] in [[Ensley]] in [[1887]]. Originally the guest rooms primarily accommodated potential investors in Colonel [[Enoch Ensley]]'s real-estate venture. The lobby housed the town's [[Ensley Post Office|post office]] as well as billiard tables and a lounge area. | ||
The | The property was auctioned off to [[James C. Warner]] in [[1898]]. In the early 1910s he tore down the vacant building, then considered an eyesore, and built a row of commercial fronts. The site was later sold to [[Erskine Ramsay]] and [[Carr McCormack]] for their landmark [[Ramsay-McCormack building]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* {{Prince-1982}} | * {{Prince-1982}} | ||
* Taylor, Graham Romeyn (1915) ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Aj9HAAAAIAAJ Satellite Cities: A Study of Industrial Suburbs]'' New York, New York: D. Appleton & Company | |||
[[Category:Former hotels]] | [[Category:Former hotels]] | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 27 June 2009
The Ensley Hotel was a two-story wood framed hotel constructed on the corner of 19th Street and Avenue E in Ensley in 1887. Originally the guest rooms primarily accommodated potential investors in Colonel Enoch Ensley's real-estate venture. The lobby housed the town's post office as well as billiard tables and a lounge area.
The property was auctioned off to James C. Warner in 1898. In the early 1910s he tore down the vacant building, then considered an eyesore, and built a row of commercial fronts. The site was later sold to Erskine Ramsay and Carr McCormack for their landmark Ramsay-McCormack building.
References
- Prince, A. G. (1982) Landmarks of Ensley: Past and Present. revised edition. Ensley: Best Printing Service
- Taylor, Graham Romeyn (1915) Satellite Cities: A Study of Industrial Suburbs New York, New York: D. Appleton & Company