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Hotel Placer Helena Montana Dining China

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 75.00 USD
Hotel Placer Helena Montana Dining China
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Bread Plates. 7" diameter. The Placer Hotel (aka Hotel Placer), southeast corner of Last Chance Gulch and Grand St. Completed in 1913, the Placer was for many years Helena's finest hotel; it has now been converted to condominiums. The building was designed by George H. Carsley in association with Cass Gilbert. As an unofficial headquarters for Montana legislators and lobbyists, the Placer was the scene of much political intrigue over the decades. Numerous celebrities called the Placer home during their visits to Helena. In 1912, there was a local controversy over the naming of the new hotel. The working name was alternately the Lewis and Clark Hotel and the New Helena Hotel, the latter name meeting with opposition from stockholders for a couple of reasons. The posh Helena Hotel, located on Grand St. just a block from the new hotel, had been gutted by fire earlier that year, so stockholders were not keen to associate the new hotel with that unfortunate event. Also, naming something Helena seemed unimaginative and overdone. Most preferred the Lewis and Clark Hotel. It was during this controversy that the name the Placer Hotel was informally proposed. By the fall of 1912, newspaper items and ads were using the name Placer Hotel.