The El Vernona Hotel–John Ringling Hotel was a famous hotel located at 111 North Tamiami Trail in Sarasota, Florida, United States.

History

The hotel was designed by

Dwight James Baum Dwight James Baum (June 24, 1886 – December 14, 1939) was an American architect most active in New York and in Sarasota, Florida. His work includes Cà d'Zan, the Sarasota Times Building (1925), Sarasota County Courthouse (1926), early residenc ...

and built in 1926 by developer Owen Burns who named it after his wife. The hotel opened on New Year's Eve 1926. John Ringling bought it after stock market crash of 1929 and renamed it the John Ringling Hotel. In 1964 it was renamed the John Ringling Towers and converted to apartments. By 1980 it was vacant and deteriorating. On March 5, 1987, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, but the building was razed in 1998 to make room for the Sarasota Ritz-Carlton.Historic Preservation and the Sarasota School of Architecture: Three Case Studies
Christopher J. Berger

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El Vernona Hotel-John Ringling Hotel
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Portal of Historic Resources, State of Florida
* Buildings and structures in Sarasota, Florida National Register of Historic Places in Sarasota County, Florida Hotel buildings completed in 1925 Historic American Buildings Survey in Florida 1925 establishments in Florida 1998 disestablishments in Florida Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida Buildings and structures demolished in 1998 Demolished hotels in Florida {{SarasotaCountyFL-NRHP-stub