The Tyler Hotel opened in 1910 at Third and Jefferson Streets in

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, and for many years it was the only major

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in the northern part of downtown. The hotel became the Earle Hotel in the late 1940s and then the Milner Hotel in the early 1960s after its new owner, Earle Milner. In 1995, it was torn down to make space for the

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.University Libraries - Tyler Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky, 1920
Retrieved 2012-09-12.

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* Postcard History Series - Louisville, by ''John E. Findling'' (Pg17) Demolished buildings and structures in Louisville, Kentucky Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky National Register of Historic Places in Louisville, Kentucky Buildings and structures demolished in 1995 1910 establishments in Kentucky 1995 disestablishments in Kentucky Demolished hotels in the United States Hotel buildings completed in 1910 Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places {{JeffersonCountyKY-NRHP-stub

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