Palace Hotel (Springfield, Missouri)
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Palace Hotel, also known as the Eldredge Block, Excelsior Steam Laundry, Baltimore Hotel, Gardner Hotel, and Massey Hotel, is a historic hotel building located at
Springfield Springfield may refer to: * Springfield (toponym), the place name in general Places and locations Australia * Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast) * Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council) * Springfield, Queenslan ...
, Greene County, Missouri. It was built about 1892, and is a two-story, Italianate influenced brick commercial building. It has cast iron columns on the first floor storefront, a flat roof, and flat parapet. It originally housed a
laundry Laundry refers to the washing of clothing and other textiles, and, more broadly, their drying and ironing as well. Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures have dealt with t ...
, then converted to a hotel in 1908. It continued as a hotel until 1946. (includes 13 photographs from 2002) It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.


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Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Italianate architecture in Missouri Hotel buildings completed in 1908 Buildings and structures in Springfield, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Greene County, Missouri {{GreeneCountyMO-NRHP-stub