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It The hotel's name was later called changed to the '''Gilbert Hotel'''in 1934 after it was sold.
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{{Infobox Building
|image=MerchantsHotelGilbertHotel1939.jpg|caption=Illustration of the Merchants' The Gilbert Hotel from the [[Wellge map]].in 1939|name=Merchants' Gilbert Hotel
|location=Southwest corner of [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Palafox Street]]s
|architect=
|client=
|engineer=
|owner=[[M. Kryger]]<br/>[[Jacob Kryger]]
|construction_start_date=
|completion_date=c. [[1882]]
|renovations=
|date_demolished=[[1970]]
|cost=
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The '''Gilbert Hotel''', previously known also as '''Merchants' Hotel''' was a hotel on the southwest corner of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Government Street]]s (currently a parking lot), on [[Plaza Ferdinand VII]]. 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, at which time Kryger added the [[M. KrygerBijou Saloon]] was on the ground floor of the proprietorhotel.
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]].''
The building was demolished in {{date needed}}[[1970]] and the site is currently occupied by a parking lot.
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==Other images==
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File:MerchantsHotel.jpg|Illustration of the Merchants' Hotel from the [[Wellge map]].
Image:GilbertHotel.jpg|Building as the '''Gilbert Hotel'''.
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