The corner of West Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue was once the site of the four-story Commercial Block. In 1906 the building housed various businesses including M. F. Smith, jeweler, and the tailor G. F. Young. The building was demolished in the mid-1910s to make way for the Hotel Lincoln. (W. H. Bass Photo Company Collection, Indiana Historical Society, May 1906) Washington_W_Hotel_Lincoln_1918 The Hotel Lincoln was constructed in 1918. The architects, Rubush and Hunter, were part owners along with banker Albert E. Metzger. Although designed as a fourteen-story building, economic difficulties of World War I necessitated constructing the hotel in two phases. The owners originally built eight stories and added six floors in 1921. Architects described the style as “simple Adams type.” The first two floors were faced with granite. Terra cotta trim enhanced the tan and brown bricks on the upper floors. (The Hotel Monthly, August 1918. Another view, taken at the same time, can be seen at the Indiana Historical Society) Courtesy of Joan Hostetler
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