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|name=San Carlos Hotel
 
|name=San Carlos Hotel
 
|location=1 North [[Palafox Street]]
 
|location=1 North [[Palafox Street]]
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|architect=[[Wikipedia:William Lee Stoddart|William Lee Stoddart]]
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|architect=[[W. L. Stoddard]]
 
|client=[[James Muldon]] & [[F.F. Bingham]]
 
|client=[[James Muldon]] & [[F.F. Bingham]]
 
|engineer=[[C. H. Turner]]
 
|engineer=[[C. H. Turner]]
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The '''San Carlos Hotel''', sometimes called the '''Hotel San Carlos''' and affectionately dubbed the '''Gray Lady of Palafox''', was a grand and revered hotel in Pensacola for much of the 20th century.
 
The '''San Carlos Hotel''', sometimes called the '''Hotel San Carlos''' and affectionately dubbed the '''Gray Lady of Palafox''', was a grand and revered hotel in Pensacola for much of the 20th century.
  
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The San Carlos Hotel was the project of local businessmen [[James Muldon]] and [[F. F. Bingham]], who saw the need for the kind of upscale hotel being erected in larger cities and issued stock in the project under the name '''Pensacola Hotel Company'''. Regarding the site, their original choice was the northeast corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s, which had no significant structures at the time (but would soon be occupied by the [[Isis Theatre]]). However, they instead purchased the northwest corner from the [[First Methodist Church]], which was relocating to [[Wright Street]], at a cost of $75,000. (The Methodists had purchased the property from Colonel [[C. C. Yonge]] in [[1882]] for an old [[Tarragona Street]] church building valued at $1,500 plus $100 "to boot."<ref>"Purchased For $1,600, Sold 26 Years Later For $75,000." ''Pensacola Journal'', January 29, 1909.</ref>)
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The San Carlos Hotel was the project of local businessmen [[James Muldon]] and [[F. F. Bingham]], who saw the need for the kind of upscale hotel being erected in larger cities. Regarding the site, their original choice was the northeast corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s, which had no significant structures at the time (but would soon be occupied by the [[Isis Theatre]]). However, they instead purchased the northwest corner from the [[First Methodist Church]], which was relocating to [[Wright Street]].
  
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The hotel was designed by New York architect [[Wikipedia:William Lee Stoddart|William Lee Stoddart]] and erected by local firm [[C. H. Turner]] Construction Co. at a cost of $500,000. A sturdy beam-and-girder structural system, designed to withstand [[hurricane]] winds, was covered by ceramic tile and stucco. The name "San Carlos" was selected on [[January 15]], [[1909]], and site clearing began thereafter. As the ''[[Pensacola Journal]]'' explained:
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The hotel was designed by New York architect [[W. L. Stoddard]] and erected by local firm [[C. H. Turner]] Construction Co. at a cost of $500,000. A sturdy beam-and-girder structural system, designed to withstand [[hurricane]] winds, was covered by ceramic tile and stucco. Ground was broken in April of [[1909]], and construction was completed in [[1910]]. It opened its doors on the first day of [[Mardi Gras]] celebrations. The hotel had its own well, with a rooftop cistern and purification system, and the original 157 rooms each had an exterior window and modern furnishings.
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{{cquote|The name "San Carlos" is typical of Pensacola and of Florida. It suggests at once the romance and chivalry of the early Spanish days and it is distinctive in that there is probably no other hotel of similar name in the United States. [[Fort San Carlos de Barrancas|Fort San Carlos]], the little, ancient Spanish fort at the entrance to Pensacola harbor, and Hotel San Carlos, the magnificent hotel in the center of Pensacola's business section, will help combine to make the city itself one of the greatest tourist resorts of the south."<ref>"Hotel San Carlos The Name Selected." ''Pensacola Journal'', January 16, 1909.</ref>}}
 
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Ground was broken in April 1909, and construction was completed in [[1910]]. It opened its doors on the first day of [[Mardi Gras]] celebrations. The hotel had its own well, with a rooftop cistern and purification system, and the original 157 rooms each had an exterior window and modern furnishings.
 
  
 
Muldon and Bingham leased operation of the hotel to [[George Charles Harvey]] until [[1919]], and then to the Newcomb Hotel Company until [[1922]], when it was sold to lumber magnate [[William B. Harbeson]] and managed by his son-in-law. The new owners soon announced a massive expansion on the north and west sides of the hotel that maintained a consistent facade and added 246 rooms, a ballroom, a new lobby, and space for offices and shops.
 
Muldon and Bingham leased operation of the hotel to [[George Charles Harvey]] until [[1919]], and then to the Newcomb Hotel Company until [[1922]], when it was sold to lumber magnate [[William B. Harbeson]] and managed by his son-in-law. The new owners soon announced a massive expansion on the north and west sides of the hotel that maintained a consistent facade and added 246 rooms, a ballroom, a new lobby, and space for offices and shops.
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==Celebrity guests==
 
==Celebrity guests==
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*The Duchess of Windsor
 
*The Duchess of Windsor
 
*Jeff Chandler
 
*Jeff Chandler
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*Eleanor Roosevelt
 
*Eleanor Roosevelt
 
*New York Giants
 
*New York Giants
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==Other images==
 
==Other images==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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Image:Sancarlos-garden.jpg|Ceremonies at the San Carlos Hotel for members of the "Florida" battle cruiser, [[1911]]
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Image:SanCarlosHotel-1925-letterhead.jpg|Hotel letterhead c. [[1925]]
 
Image:SanCarlosPC.JPG|Postcard from the 1930s
 
Image:SanCarlosPC.JPG|Postcard from the 1930s
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Image:SanCarlosHotel1940s.jpg|Circa 1940s
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Image:San_carlos_marker.jpg|Photo of the San Carlos Hotel Marker
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Image:Palafox-parade-1955.jpg|During parade, [[1955]]
 
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Image:Sancarloshotel-1960.jpg|From North Palafox Street, [[1960]]
 
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Image:San carlos 1974.jpg|From East Garden Street, [[1974]]
 
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Image:SanCarlosHotel-1925-letterhead.jpg|Hotel letterhead c. [[1925]]
 
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Image:San_carlos_marker.jpg|Photo of historical marker
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
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==References==
 
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{{reflist}}
 
  
 
[[Category:Demolished structures]]
 
[[Category:Demolished structures]]
 
[[Category:Palafox Street buildings]]
 
[[Category:Palafox Street buildings]]
 
[[Category:Hotels]]
 
[[Category:Hotels]]

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