St. Louis ยท Downtown & the Arch
Courtyard St. Louis Downtown
Preston J. Bradshaw's 25-story Lennox Hotel, the city's tallest hotel when it opened in 1929 and the last downtown hotel built before the Depression.
- Built
- 1929Completed 1929; opened September 2, 1929 as the Lennox Hotel, then the tallest hotel in the city.
- Style
- Renaissance Revival
- Architect
- Preston J. Bradshaw
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Area
- Downtown & the Arch
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
The 25-story Lennox Hotel opened on September 2, 1929, the city’s tallest hotel at the time, designed by Preston J. Bradshaw with terra cotta facades. It was the last downtown hotel built before the Depression; another did not open downtown until 1963. After closing in the 1970s it reopened in 2002 as the Renaissance St. Louis Suites, closed again in 2011 after foreclosure, and reopened on September 2, 2015 as a Courtyard by Marriott after a $15 million renovation.
Good to know
- Address: 823-827 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.