Hotel Alex Johnson
| Hotel Alex Johnson | |
|---|---|
 Hotel Alex Johnson | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| Location | Rapid City, South Dakota |
| Address | 523 Sixth Street |
| Opening | July 1, 1928 |
| Owner | Liv Hospitality |
| Management | Liv Hospitality |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Oldefest & Williams |
| Developer | Hotel Alex Johnson Inc. |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 143 |
| Website | |
| www.alexjohnson.com | |
The Hotel Alex Johnson is a historic hotel in Rapid City, South Dakota that opened in 1928.
The Hotel Alex Johnson is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [1]
History
The hotel was built by its namesake, Alex Carlton Johnson, Vice President of the Chicago & North Western Railroad.[2] Construction began on August 19, 1927, just one day before work began on nearby Mount Rushmore and the hotel opened on July 1, 1928 and was officially dedicated on August 11, 1928.[3] The building was designed by Chicago architects Oldefest & Williams.[4]
It was sold to the Eppley Hotel Company, in 1947. That chain was bought by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts in 1956 and the hotel was renamed the Sheraton-Johnson Hotel.[5] Sheraton sold the hotel in 1965, but continued to operate it under a franchise contract[6] until 1968, when it regained its original name.
In media
The Sheraton-Johnson Hotel is mentioned numerous times in dialogue in the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest as the hotel where the mysterious George Kaplan will be staying. Hitchcock, Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint stayed at the hotel while filming at nearby Mount Rushmore.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "The Hotel Alex Johnson, a Historic Hotels of America member". Historic Hotels of America. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
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- ^ http://moh.tie.net/content/docs/2010/Research/TheHotelAlexJohnson.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ Power, July 26 1927, 66.
- ^ http://moh.tie.net/content/docs/2010/Research/TheHotelAlexJohnson.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Sheraton Corporation of America, 1965 Annual Report". digitalcollections.lib.uh.edu.
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