Hotel LaFontaine | |
 Hotel LaFontaine, May 2012 | |
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| Location | 200 W. State St., Huntington, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 40°52′52″N 85°29′42″W / 40.88111°N 85.49500°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1925 |
| Architect | Stevens, Robert W. |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 84001056[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 9, 1984 |
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.[2]: 2–3
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] It is located in the Huntington Courthouse Square Historic District.
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved April 1, 2016. Note: This includes Jean Gernand (September 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hotel LaFontaine" (PDF). Retrieved April 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.
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