This one's about downtown hotels "other than" the Skirvin & Colcord. Here are the pics in my new post, but without the text commentary at Doug Dawgz Blog: Other Downtown Hotels (http://dougdawg.blogspot.com/2007/03/downtown-hotels.html) .


The Lee/Lee-Huckins/Huckins

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_00s_vsp.jpg

The 1908 Fire

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_huckins07s_metlib.jpg

Reborn in 1910

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_huckins04s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_huckins01s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_huckins02s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_huckins03s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_huckins06s_metlib.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_huckins08s_metlib.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/lee_huckins05s_vsp.jpg

The Alamo

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/alamo_217nw2_1903_metlib.jpg

The Illinois

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/illinois_217wmain_1903s_metlib.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/illinois_02_gri.jpg

The Threadgill/Bristol

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/threadgill01s_1908_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/bristolpostcards_metlib.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/bristol1910_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/bristol_kingkade1930s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/bristol1956s_metlib.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/bristol1957_1s_metlib.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/bristol1957_2s_metlib.jpg

The Marion and Cline on NW 10th

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marion01s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marion02s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/cline01s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/cline02_dtg.jpg

St. Nicholas

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/stnicholass_vsp.jpg

Broadway/Lamar Hotel

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/BroadwayLamars_vsp.jpg

Spriggs Hotel

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/spriggss_vsp.jpg

Martinique Hotel

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/martiniques_vsp.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/martinique_2001s.jpg

Egbert Hotel

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/egbert02s_vsp.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/egbert01s_tlg.jpg

1918 YMCA

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/ymca01_okco.jpg

Oklahoma Club/Tivoli

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/oklahomaclub01s_vsp.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/oklahomaclub02.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/tivoliinn_coas.jpg

Wells-Roberts

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/robertshotel03.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/robertshotel02s_vsp.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/robertshotel01s_dl.jpg

Sieber

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/sieber01s_vsp.jpg

Hotel Black

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/black01s_metlib.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/black02s_dl.jpg

Hudson

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/hudsonhotel01s_dl.jpg

YWCA

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/ywca01s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/ywca02s_vsp.jpg

Biltmore

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/biltmore01s_vsp.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/biltmore02s_vsp.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/1960s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/BiltmoreBrochure01s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/BiltmoreBrochure02s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/BiltmoreBrochure03s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/BiltmoreBrochure04s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/biltmore_10_17_77s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/biltmore_1977_01.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/biltmore_1977_02.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/biltmore_1977_03.jpg

Skirvin Tower

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/skirvintower00_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/skirvintower02_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/skirvintunnells.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/skirvintower05.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/literature/okc2nd_p68.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/literature/okc2nd_p69b.jpg

USO Club

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/usos_vsp.jpg

1952 YMCA

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/ymca02s_gri.jpg

Holiday Inn

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/holidayinn01s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/holidayinn02s_dl.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/holidayinn03s_dl.jpg

Sheraton Century Center

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/sheratons.jpg

Marriott Renaissance

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/renaissance01s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/renaissance02s_dl.jpg

Courtyard Marriott

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/courtyardmarriotts.jpg

Marriott Residence Inn (w/thanks to Keith for the 1st pic)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marriottresidenceinn01s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marriottresidenceinn02s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marriottresidenceinn03s.jpg

Bricktown Hampton Inn

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/hamptoninn01s.jpg

Good post Doug, sad to see that OKC was more urban than it's trying to become. We had more hotel rooms than we have now AND had good public transportation.

Good post Doug, sad to see that OKC was more urban than it's trying to become. We had more hotel rooms than we have now AND had good public transportation.
Well, you might not have wanted to stay in some of those hotels (or any, by today's standards)! I'm just glad that we've come from only ONE downtown hotel to SIX in just a few years' time! I can dig it!

Doug are you going to be able to make it to the OCURA meeting tomorrow? I can't make it do to a conflict.

Doug are you going to be able to make it to the OCURA meeting tomorrow? I can't make it do to a conflict.
Ha ha! :gossip: I've not been invited and I didn't know about it! :dizzy:

Ah, the Biltmore....such a loss.

the Biltmore looks like it was a huge hotel. How many rooms did it have, and where was it located?

the Biltmore looks like it was a huge hotel. How many rooms did it have, and where was it located?

Smack in the middle of the Myriad Gardens.

OMG did you see what they did to the Oklahoma Club/Tivoli? Sickening. It was such a cool building in it's original form and I don't understand why you would cover that up with concrete.

That YWCA looks awesome too. Where was that?

All the above questions, and more, are answered in the text part of my blog post. But, to get to it, the YWCA was in the position of the new Norick library/learning center, and the Biltmore was at the NE corner of Sheridan and Harvey, and, according to a 3/8/1932 Oklahoma article, had 619 rooms.

I decided that the "Today" hotels needed some updating so here are some I took today ...


Renaissance

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/renaissance03s_dl.jpg

Courtyard

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/courtyardmarriott02s.jpg

Residence Inn

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marriottresidenceinn06s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marriottresidenceinn05s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marriottresidenceinn04s.jpg

Lobby & Adjoining Room (Where Meals Are Served To Residents)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marriottresidenceinn08s.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/marriottresidenceinn07s.jpg

Excellent Doug, Thanks !

Excellent Doug, Thanks !
Thanks to you, too! I've updated that post today and expect that it will be one of the "ongiong" posts in my blog ... I'm learning as I go, and I don't know nuttin' much yet! Or, in other words, "The more I learn, I come to understand that I know less and less about more and more." That knowledge is part of what makes all of the Okc History learning and posting fun!

Very much appreciate your comment.

My original blog post didn't have a "current" pic of the Sieber under construction, so I took this one today ... click the pic for a 1024 px wide view ...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/sieber_4_07s.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/hotels/sieber_4_07.jpg)