Statler Hotel

The Statler Hotel chain was founded by Ellsworth Statler (October 26, 1863 - April 16, 1928) in 1901 in Buffalo, New York then host to the Pan-American Exposition. The first hotel had 450 rooms and baths, and was successful, leading to a chain of luxury hotels located in other cities. For the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis, Missouri, Statler built the Innside Inn .

Later Statlers include

• Buffalo (1907),
• Cleveland (1912),
• Detroit (1915),
• Saint Louis (1917),
• New York (1919),
• Buffalo (1923),
• Boston (1927),
• Pittsburgh/Hotel William Penn (1938),
• Washington (1943),
• Los Angeles (1952),
• Dallas (1955),
• Hartford (1956).

The chain was acquired by Hilton Hotels in 1954

There is a Statler Hotel at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York that is operated by the Cornell Hotel School and affiliated with Marriott Hotels .

The hotel in Detroit is threatened with demolition. The Statler in Cleveland has been converted to apartments.

References

• Miller, Floyd Statler: America's Extraordinary Hotelman

External links

• Buffalo as an Architectural Museum
• E.M. Statler, Forgotten Detroit