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The Claypool Hotel, pictured here in 1962, was at the northwest corner of Illinois and Washington streets, where the Embassy Suites Downtown hotel currently stands. Built in 1903, The Claypool was at one time the principal destination for political and business conventions, meetings and other events downtown. Ads and marketing pieces for the hotel described it as “fire proof,” but that turned out not to be true. A fire broke out at the hotel in 1967 and the damage was significant enough that the building had to be demolished in 1969.
Sources: Indiana Historical Society, HistoricIndianapolis.com
Credit: This photo is courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society and the City of Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development. More images are available at images.indianahistory.org.
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