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ImageFile:GilbertHotel.jpg|Building as the '''Gilbert Hotel'''.
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==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.
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File:MerchantsHotel.jpg|Illustration of the Merchants' Hotel from the [[Wellge map]].
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