Tremont House, Boston – built 1829, the first hotel in America with indoor plumbing and toilets, razed 1894 / additional hospitality services pioneered by the Tremont included a reception area, bellboys, free soap, and locks on guestroom doors.
Eh, the building there now isn’t bad, it fits nicely into the streetscape (or as nicely as you can for a pretty dead stretch from beacon down to park, I always felt claustrophobic walking along that stretch)
ETA the current building also incorporates a lot of the design elements of that one (similar facade materials, pillars, etc). It’s not a bad replacement for a building that likely was functionally obsolete by the time it was removed.
I’m skeptical that most of those features originated here. Particularly locks on doors or a reception area. Maybe they weren’t common, but this reeks of “the myth of the lone inventor.”
Different_Ad7655says
I love the forest of fireplace chimneys, undoubtedly every room had a hearth, not to be romantic lol but as the method to heat in cold New England. I’m sure they were beautiful shallow tall Rumford style and were the best for heating before the introduction of central heat and iron stoves.
stoweker says
Eh, the building there now isn’t bad, it fits nicely into the streetscape (or as nicely as you can for a pretty dead stretch from beacon down to park, I always felt claustrophobic walking along that stretch)
ETA the current building also incorporates a lot of the design elements of that one (similar facade materials, pillars, etc). It’s not a bad replacement for a building that likely was functionally obsolete by the time it was removed.
cocomimi3 says
Good post
sverdrupian says
source: Boston Public Library.
bishpa says
Room with a view of the graveyard?
byrobot says
I’m skeptical that most of those features originated here. Particularly locks on doors or a reception area. Maybe they weren’t common, but this reeks of “the myth of the lone inventor.”
Different_Ad7655 says
I love the forest of fireplace chimneys, undoubtedly every room had a hearth, not to be romantic lol but as the method to heat in cold New England. I’m sure they were beautiful shallow tall Rumford style and were the best for heating before the introduction of central heat and iron stoves.
Trump_Is_A_Trait0r says
Beautiful!
FortuneKnown says
Segregated restrooms yes?
HARLEMHELLFIGHTERR says
Cool