Seelbach Hotel
- Architect
- Frank Mills Andrews
- Year
- 1905
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Louisville, KY
- Collection
- beaux-arts
The Seelbach Hotel opened in 1905, designed by Frank Mills Andrews, a prominent early-20th-century hotel architect, in the Beaux-Arts style with an ornate terra-cotta and masonry facade on a prominent downtown corner. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
The Rathskeller. The hotel's Rathskeller room holds a rare Rookwood pottery tile installation, an unusual survival of decorative ceramic work inside a downtown hotel.
The Fitzgerald connection. The hotel's F. Scott Fitzgerald connection is said to have inspired the wedding scene in The Great Gatsby.
the style
The Seelbach is a Beaux-Arts hotel, its ornate terra-cotta and masonry facade giving it a formal presence on its downtown corner.
More on Beaux-Artsthe architect
Frank Mills Andrews was a prominent early-20th-century hotel architect; he designed the Seelbach in 1905.
significance
The Seelbach Hotel is an individually listed place on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Starks Building
- Cathedral of the Assumption
- Elks Athletic Club
- Jefferson County Jail
- The Louisville Palace
- Christ Church Cathedral