Terre Haute Postcards - Deming Hotel (4)

More postcards from my collection...

Deming Hotel, Main Dining Room

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Published by Michigan Litho. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. and Chicago, Ill.

Deming Hotel, Lobby

This unused postcard has no other printed text.

Deming Hotel, Lobby

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Published by Michigan Litho. Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. and Chicago, Ill.

Deming Hotel, Lobby

This unused postcard has no other printed text.

Deming Hotel, Tavern

This unused postcard has no other printed text.

Deming Hotel, Tavern

This postcard, posted in Terre Haute on October 28th, 1915, has no other printed text.

Deming Hotel, Writing Room

This unused postcard has no other printed text, but I do have a copy of this postcard that has the hand-written date 2/4/1921.

Hotel Deming was constructed in Viennese Neo-Classical style by "Boy Banker" Demas Deming Jr. (1841-1922) between 1913 and 1914. The 8-storey 250 room fire-proofed hotel stands on the corner of Sixth and Cherry Streets and was Terre Haute's largest hotel. Hotel Deming was a full service facility, featuring a barbershop, large dining room, The Copper Penny bar, and several shops. It is the only remaining example of the large downtown hotels, which included the Filbeck, the Indois, and the Terre Haute House. After the dissolution of the Deming Land Company in 1963, the hotel was purchased by the Hulman Company before being transferred Indiana State University shortly after who used it as a hall of residence and then a conference centre. In 1978, it was converted into an apartment complex for older people and renamed the Deming Center. It is also the location of Arts Illiana office and gallery.

This page created 3rd February 2009, last modified 19th November 2009