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the Chick House (pictured ) is the only 19th century hotel building still standing in the city of Rockford, Illinois ?
the Calhoun Beach Club building in Minneapolis, Minnesota has served as a social club, a TV studio , a hotel , apartments , a home for the elderly, and most recently as a sports and social club?
the Dallas Hilton , built in 1925 for Conrad Hilton in Downtown Dallas , Texas , was the first highrise hotel to be branded a "Hilton "?
the Manila Grand Opera House also served as a theater , residence , cinema and nightclub before its original building was demolished and re-constructed as a hotel ?
the Ritz Hotel in London was the first hotel to offer a private bathroom for every guest room?
prior to the construction of the first Florida Governor's Mansion , governors of the state generally lived in boarding houses or hotels ?
New York Sun columnist and critic Ward Morehouse stayed in so many hotels that he said his epitaph should read "room service, please?"
J. Willard Marriott grew a small root beer stand to a huge hotel and resort chain, Marriott International ?
Manuc's Inn , the oldest operating hotel building in Bucharest, Romania , was the site of the preliminary talks for the peace treaty that put an end to the 1806–1812 Russo-Turkish war ?
Sauganash Hotel , located at Wolf Point , was Chicago's first hotel , first theater and the site where the newly formed town elected its first town trustees?
Wotif.com only allows consumers to organise hotel reservations 28 days in advance?
Herb Treat , unanimously selected as a 1922 College Football All-American , was hit by a car in 1943 and plunged nine stories from a hotel window in 1947?
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