St. Louis, MISSOURI - Hotel Jefferson - Lobby - 1943 - FREE MILITARY MAIL for Sale

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St. Louis, MISSOURI - Hotel Jefferson - Lobby - 1943 - FREE MILITARY MAIL:
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St. Louis, MISSOURI - Hotel Jefferson - Lobby - 1943: The Hotel Jefferson is a historic hotel in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It opened in 1904 to serve visitors to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson. The original east half of the building was designed by Barnett, Haynes & Barnett; the Classical Revival structure features terra cotta decorations. The hotel was opened to the public for the first time on April 2, 1904, for a charity ball sponsored by the St. Louis chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Confederate Memorial Society. The hotel opened to overnight guests on April 29, 1904, the day before the World\'s Fair. The Democratic National Convention was held at the hotel in 1904 and 1916. The hotel was sold in 1927 and in 1928 the new owners constructed a huge addition on the west side of the hotel designed by the firm Teich & Sullivan, doubling its capacity and adding two banquet rooms. The hotel finally closed on July 23, 1975. It reopened in 1977 as a residence for the elderly called the Jefferson Arms Apartments. In 2006, developers cleared the building of residents and planned to convert it to condominiums; however, the project collapsed. As of 2015, the building is tied up in ongoing litigation and remains vacant. The postal cancellation advocates \"BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS.\" The card, mailed Free Military Mail during World War II in 1943, is in good condition. Genuine Curteich-Chicago \"CT Art-Colortone\" No. 2A-H1014.