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{{Infobox Building
|image=MerchantsHotelGilbertHotel1939.jpg|caption=Illustration of The hotel, by then named the Merchants' Gilbert Hotel from the [[Wellge map]]., in 1939
|name=Merchants' Hotel
|location=Southwest corner of [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Palafox Street]]s
|client=
|engineer=
|owner=[[M. Kryger]]<br/>[[Jacob Kryger]]
|construction_start_date=
|completion_date=c. [[1882]]
|renovations=
|date_demolished=[[1970]]
|cost=
|structural_system=
|mapcode=
}}
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]].''
==Demolition==The building was demolished beginning on [[October 31]], [[1970]]. City officials had condemned the building, by then in {{date needed}}a state of disrepair, after owner Ollie Delchamps refused to renovate it.<ref name="demo" />
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==References=={{reflist}} {{arch-stub}} [[Category:Palafox Street buildings]][[Category:Demolished structures]][[Category:Hotels]]