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The Southern Hotel
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By William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2012 | |
| | | 1. The Southern Hotel Marker | | |
Inscription.
The Southern was built in the year 1880 adjacent to Basin Spring and some 25 feet above it on the hillside. L.M. Rainey of Missouri, its original owner, sold the hotel to W. E. Beatty in 1886, at which time it was acclaimed to be one of the city's two finest hotels, the other being Perry House, situated on the opposite side of the spring.
Damaged in the Great Fire of 1890, The Southern was repaired and enlarged to one hundred rooms, gas lighted throughout, and boasting for a time an outdoor "elevator" which lifted guests from Basin Spring level to hotel entrance.
Wallace McQuerry owned the hotel in 1932 and had renamed it Southern Home. On November 12 that year this handsome wooden structure which stood for just over half a century was destroyed in what the Times-Echo and other newspapers described as "a spectacular blaze."
Erected by Greater Eureka Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Community Development Partnership.
Location. 36° 24.11′ N, 93° 44.259′ W. Marker is in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in Carroll County. Marker is on Spring Street north of Main Street (Arkansas Route 23), on the left when traveling north. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 12 Spring Street, Eureka Springs AR 72632, United States of America.
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By William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2012 | |
| | | 2. The Southern Hotel Marker | | On wall by stairs | | |
At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Basin Park Sycamore (a few steps from this marker); Spanish-American and World War Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Basin Bath House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Springs (within shouting distance of this marker); The Stone Walls (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Healing (within shouting distance of this marker); The Three Flat-Irons (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); The Civic Center (about 400 feet away). Click for a list of all markers in Eureka Springs.
Also see . . . Eureka Springs Preservation Society, Inc. (Submitted on October 1, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
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| | | 3. Photo of The Southern Hotel on Marker | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on October 1, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 51 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 1, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.
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