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Hotel Finlen

Hotel Finlen
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General information
LocationButte, Montana, U.S.
Coordinates46°00′46″N 112°32′08″W / 46.012840°N 112.535580°W / 46.012840; -112.535580
OpeningJanuary 1, 1924 (1924-01-01)
Technical details
Floor count9[1]
Other information
Number of rooms250[1]

Hotel Finlen is a historic hotel in Butte, Montana, United States, built in 1924.

History

Hotel mezzanine, photographed in 2020

The Hotel Finlen was established by James Finlen, the son of Miles Finlen, an Irish immigrant who had opened the McDermitt Hotel in Butte in 1889.[2] The Hotel Finlen opened on January 1, 1924, and was architecturally inspired by the Astor Hotel in New York City.[3] It was completed on a budget of $750,000[2] (equivalent to $13,333,981 in 2023). The tallest tower on the building was finished in 1924, and construction on a second tower began in 1927, but went unfinished due to the stock market crash of 1929.[3]

In 2018, the hotel was acquired by a group of four investors led by J. J. Adams, a professor at Montana Tech, by the Taras family, who had owned the hotel for approximately 40 years.[3]

Notable guests

The hotel was visited by various notable guests throughout the 20th century, including aviator Charles Lindbergh and Presidents Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Our Story". Hotel Finlen Official Website. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Madison, Erin (November 9, 2014). "Butte's Finlen Hotel is thriving". Great Falls Tribune. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Smith, Mike (January 16, 2018). "Sold! Butte's historic Finlen Hotel changes hands". Montana Standard. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Olberding, Janelle M. (2019). Butte and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. Chicago, Illinois: Arcadia Publishing. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-439-66685-2.
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