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Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza
John J. Emery's 1931 hotel in Carew Tower, a National Historic Landmark, with French Art Deco interiors, a Rookwood fountain and a Hall of Mirrors.
- Built
- 1931Opened in 1931 inside the Carew Tower complex that businessman John J. Emery began planning in 1929 (HHA).
- Style
- French Art Deco
- Architect
- Walter W. Ahlschlager; Delano & Aldrich
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Area
- Downtown
- Credentials
- National Historic Landmark; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
John J. Emery envisioned the Carew Tower in 1929 as a multipurpose ‘city within a city’, and the tower and its St. Netherland Plaza hotel were finished in 1931. The hotel was fitted with rare Brazilian rosewood, marble and custom nickel-silver fixtures, with French Art Deco and Egyptian-motif interiors. Its restored murals, Rookwood Pottery fountain and Hall of Mirrors survive. The hotel was named a National Historic Landmark in 1994 and was a charter member of Historic Hotels of America.
The ghost story
Lore holds that a woman in a green gown, the 'Lady in Green,' wanders the 1931 hotel: staff told CityBeat of sightings in the elevators, guest hallways and on the Hall of Mirrors balcony. Staff tie her to the widow of a painter said to have died in a fall in the Palm Court during construction, though CityBeat notes no record of the widow's death has been found.
Source: www.citybeat.com
Good to know
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 35 West Fifth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
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