Hotel LaFontaine

Hotel LaFontaine

Hotel LaFontaine, May 2012
Location 200 W. State St., Huntington, Indiana
Coordinates 40°52′52″N 85°29′42″W / 40.88111°N 85.49500°W / 40.88111; -85.49500Coordinates: 40°52′52″N 85°29′42″W / 40.88111°N 85.49500°W / 40.88111; -85.49500
Area less than one acre
Built 1925 (1925)
Architect Stevens, Robert W.
Architectural style Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 84001056[1]
Added to NRHP February 9, 1984

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 resemble a Spanish courtyard and the basement houses an Egyptian inspired swimming pool that opened in 1927. The hotel is named for Francis La Fontaine. It housed a hotel until 1974.[2]:2–3

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] It is located in the Huntington Courthouse Square Historic District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Jean Gernand (September 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hotel LaFontaine" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-04-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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