Southern Hotel is a hotel in St. Louis, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, in business 1881–1912, demolished 1933”. It opened in 1881. It stands about 0.9 km from the centre of St. Louis.[3]
Overview
The Southern Hotel was a historic hotel located at the corner of 4th Street and Walnut Street and stretching between 4th and 5th Streets in St. Louis, Missouri. The building was built at the location of the Old Southern Hotel which burned in 1877. This 1877 hotel fire and the loss of life that occurred here made this the worst hotel disaster in St. Louis history.
From “Southern Hotel (St. Louis)” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1881. It was designed by George I. Barnett. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.9 km from the centre of St. Louis. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL), about 20 km from the centre of St. Louis.[4]
It is one of 40 hotels in and around St. Louis recorded in Wikidata, 25 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 8 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Barnum's St. Louis Hotel, opened in 1854. See Hotels in St. Louis.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Millennium Hotel St. Louis — 0.1 km, opened 1968
- Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark — 0.1 km
- National Hotel — 0.1 km
- Hyatt Regency Saint Louis at The Arch — 0.2 km
- Barnum's St. Louis Hotel — 0.3 km, opened 1854
- Hilton St. Louis Downtown at the Arch — 0.4 km
- The Westin St. Louis — 0.5 km
- Hotel Saint Louis, Autograph Collection — 0.5 km
- Maryland Hotel — 0.6 km
- St. Nicholas Hotel — 0.6 km
See also
- Hotels in St. Louis
- Hotels in the United States
- Hotels designed by George I. Barnett
- List of hotels opened in the 1880s
References
- ^ Southern Hotel (Q55451404). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Southern Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2025-06-03.
- ^ St. Louis (Q38022). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in St. Louis. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.