Hotel Latham
7th & Virginia Sts., Hopkinsville, KY
Map
Coordinates:
+36.86619, -87.4871536°51'58" N, 87°29'14" W
Quadrangle map:Hopkinsville
Description
"Erected on this site, 1894, and named for Hopkinsville native and philanthropist, John C. Latham, Jr. Structure was Italian Renaissance style. It became a well-known tourist stop, social and civic center. Among its famous guests: Vice President Charles Curtis, William J. Bryan, John Philip Sousa, Ethel Barrymore, and Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. Hotel burned, 1940."
Update Log
- April 24, 2011: Added by Bill Eichelberger