SHOREHAM TO CLOSE AT MONTH'S END; BUILDING GOES UP FOR SALE MAY 25
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On May 19, 1926, The Evening Star reports that the Shoreham Hotel* here in the Nation's Capital "will close its doors at the end of the...month."
The furniture and other contents of the hotel are to be sold. The building itself is advertised to go up for sale as of May 25, 1926. A reason given by The Star for the sale is "the approaching dull Summer season."
*The Shoreham Hotel, located at 15th & H Streets in Washington, D.C., was built in 1887 by Levi P. Morton who named the hotel for his birthplace, Shoreham, Vermont. The hotel went bankrupt in 1927 & was sold to a developer who had it demolished in 1929.
JFK+50 NOTE
Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) served in the U.S. House of Representatives 1879-1881, as minister to France 1881-1885, VPOTUS 1889-1893 & governor of New York 1895-1896.
SOURCE
"Shoreham To Shut Down This Month," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., May 19, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
