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{{Infobox Building
 
{{Infobox Building
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|caption=The hotel, by then named the Gilbert Hotel, in 1939
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|caption=Illustration of the Merchants' Hotel from the [[Wellge map]].
 
|name=Merchants' Hotel
 
|name=Merchants' Hotel
 
|location=Southwest corner of [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Palafox Street]]s
 
|location=Southwest corner of [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Palafox Street]]s
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|owner=[[Jacob Kryger]]
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|owner=[[M. Kryger]]<br/>[[Jacob Kryger]]
 
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|completion_date=c. [[1882]]
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|date_demolished=[[1970]]
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'''Merchants' Hotel''', also known as the '''Gilbert Hotel''' and the '''DeSoto Building''', was a commercial building located on the southwest corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Government Street]]s, on [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]. For most of its life, the building was home to a hotel.
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The '''Merchants' Hotel''' was a hotel on the southwest corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Government Street]]s (currently a parking lot). It is noted with illustration on the [[Wellge map]] of [[1885]], at which time [[M. Kryger]] was the proprietor.
 
 
==Merchants' Hotel era==
 
The hotel was opened by [[Jacob Kryger]] circa [[1882]] as Merchants' Hotel. It is noted with illustration on the [[Wellge map]] of [[1885]].
 
 
 
In 1892, Kryger added the [[Bijou Saloon]] on the ground floor of the hotel.  
 
  
 
A [[1905]] business directory indicates that the hotel was in operation beginning in at least [[1882]]:
 
A [[1905]] business directory indicates that the hotel was in operation beginning in at least [[1882]]:
 
:''MERCHANTS HOTEL – Has a capacity of 42 guests. Rooms rent at the rates of $2.50 and $3.00 per day. Mr. [[Jacob Kryger|Jacob KRYGER]] has conducted the house for over 23 years and is assisted by his chief clerk, Mr. [[Clifford J. Bell|C. J. BELL]].''
 
:''MERCHANTS HOTEL – Has a capacity of 42 guests. Rooms rent at the rates of $2.50 and $3.00 per day. Mr. [[Jacob Kryger|Jacob KRYGER]] has conducted the house for over 23 years and is assisted by his chief clerk, Mr. [[Clifford J. Bell|C. J. BELL]].''
  
In the years before the [[San Carlos Hotel]] was constructed, Merchants' Hotel was one of the preeminent hotels in the city. Famous guests included [[Wikipedia:Sarah Bernhardt|Sarah Bernhardt]], [[Wikipedia:John Drew Jr.|John Drew Jr.]], and [[Wikipedia:Richard Mansfield|Richard Mansfield]].<ref name="demo">[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32237332/desotomerchant_hotel_demolition/ "Historic DeSoto Will Be Destroyed"]. ''The Pensacola News''. October 30, 1970. p. 14. Retrieved June 4, 2019 – via [[Wikipedia:Newspapers.com|Newspapers.com]]</ref>
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It was later called the '''Gilbert Hotel'''.
  
==Gilbert Hotel era==
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The building was demolished in {{date needed}}.
The hotel's name was changed to the Gilbert Hotel in 1934 after it was sold.
 
  
==DeSoto Building era==
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Sometime between 1939 and 1944, the hotel was closed and the Gilbert Hotel name was shifted to another hotel owned by the company on East [[Wright Street]]. By 1950, the building had been converted to office space and rechristened the DeSoto Building.
 
 
 
==Demolition==
 
The building was demolished beginning on [[October 31]], [[1970]]. City officials had condemned the building, by then in a state of disrepair, after owner Ollie Delchamps refused to renovate it.<ref name="demo" />
 
 
 
The site is currently occupied by a parking lot.
 
  
 
==Other images==
 
==Other images==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:MerchantsHotel.jpg|Illustration of the Merchants' Hotel from the [[Wellge map]].
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Image:GilbertHotel.jpg|Building as the '''Gilbert Hotel'''.
File:GilbertHotel.jpg|Building as the Gilbert Hotel
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==References==
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[[Category:Palafox Street buildings]]
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[[Category:Demolished structures]]
 
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[[Category:Hotels]]
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[[Category:Palafox Street buildings]] [[Category:Demolished structures]] [[Category:Hotels]]
 

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