Hotel LaFontaine explained

Hotel LaFontaine
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:200 W. State St., Huntington, Indiana
Coordinates:40.8811°N -85.495°W
Architect:Stevens, Robert W.
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:February 9, 1984
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:84001056

Hotel LaFontaine is a historic hotel building located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1925, and consists of a six-story central pavilion with five-story flanking wings. It is of steel frame and hollow-tile construction and sheathed in brick. The building is in the Colonial Revival style. The lobby is designed to resemble a Spanish courtyard and the basement houses an Egyptian inspired swimming pool that opened in 1927. The hotel is named for Francis La Fontaine. It housed a hotel until 1974.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It is located in the Huntington Courthouse Square Historic District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database. 2016-04-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hotel LaFontaine. 2016-04-01. Jean Gernand. PDF. September 1981. and Accompanying photographs.