Title	Connor Hotel 4
Title-Alternative	Hotels 17
Identifier	JPL10_647_102_a_A
Creator	Unknown
Contributor	Simpson, Leslie. Post Memorial Art Reference Library
Publisher	Joplin Public Library
Description	In 1906, Thomas Connor contracted with the Joplin firm of Dieter & Wenzel to build an 8-story steel, concrete, stone, and brick hotel for $350,000. However, when the hotel was completed in the spring of 1908, the total price had soared to $750,000. Since Connor had died in 1907, Dean Brothers of Kansas City signed on to complete the structure and manage it according to Connor's specifications. Architects Barnett, Haynes, and Barnett of St. Louis designed the Neo-classical style building. The first two floors featured heavily rusticated Carthage limestone. Floors three through seven, faced with brick and accented with stone lintels above the windows and quoins at the corners, gave an undulating appearance with their bay projections on every other window. Ornamental brackets decorated the top floor windows and the front balcony. Other notable exterior features were the carved-stone frieze panels, caryatid figures, and a lion's head. Above the regal hotel, crowned with a green-patina copper cornice and balustrade, an open-air roof garden overlooked the city. The Connor Hotel opened its elegant doors on April 12, 1908. An estimated 350 fortunate people ate dinner in the posh dining room that night, while another two hundred had to be turned away. One hundred twenty-five regular patrons registered for rooms in the 210-room hotel (another source cites 246 rooms), plus over fifty out-of-town guests. The Connor was the place to be that night, as Joplin's elite turned out-- "handsomely gowned women with waving plumes on their hats " and men "attired in evening dress " according to the Joplin Globe. Sources:U.S. Dept. of the Interior. National Register Nomination for The Connor Hotel. 1973.Kertz, Liz. "'Grand Old Lady' dies-apparently of own will." The Chart. November 21, 1978.May, Leland. "The Connor." In Joplin Magazine. November 1984.
Subject	Connor Hotel (Joplin, Mo.); Hotels--Missouri--Joplin; Connor, Thomas;
Language	English
Date-Creation	circa 1912
Date-Current	8/5/2004
Type	Postcards
Collection Name	Joplin Historical Postcards
Source	From the collection of Galen Augustus
Coverage	Missouri -- Jasper County -- Joplin; Missouri -- Newton County -- Joplin;
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Contributing Institution	Joplin Public Library (Joplin, Mo)
County	Jasper County (Mo.) Newton County (Mo.)
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