| Burnet House | |
|---|---|
 Burnet House in Cincinnati, pictured 1850s | |
| General information | |
| Construction started | October 11, 1848 |
| Opened | May 3, 1850 |
| Demolished | 1926 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Isaiah Rogers |
Burnet House was a grand hotel located at the corner of Third and Vine in Cincinnati, Ohio that stood from 1850 to 1926. In its day the Burnet hosted a multitude of dignitaries, including Abraham Lincoln (twice), Edward VII of the United Kingdom (when he was still Prince of Wales), and Jenny Lind. During the American Civil War, it was at the Burnet that Sherman and Grant planned the former's March to the Sea.[1]
The hotel was named for Jacob Burnet, an investor and judge of the Ohio Supreme Court.[2] The developer was Abraham Coleman, a Cincinnati civic booster, who raised $2.5 million from 170 investors.[3] Isaiah Rogers, nationally acclaimed as a designer of elite hotels, was hired for $150,000.[3] Burnet House, when opened in 1850, was nationally acclaimed and was the city's premiere hotel well into the 1870s.[3] Circa 1879 it had 240 guest rooms, as well as parlors, reading rooms, smoking rooms, billiard rooms, bath rooms, a bar and a restaurant.[4] In later years a library at the hotel was home to "housed the library and portrait collection of the Loyal Legion, whose membership consisted of officers who served in the Union Army during the Civil War."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Kesterman, Richard (Winter 2012). "Burnet House: A Grand Cincinnati Hotel Project". Ohio Valley History. 12 (4). Filson Historical Society and Cincinnati Museum Center: 60–68. eISSN 2377-0600. Retrieved 2023-07-02 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ Brown, Dale Patrick (2011). Literary Cincinnati: The Missing Chapter. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. p. 61. ISBN 9780821444238.
- ^ a b c Lindow, Blanche; Miller, Zane L. (May 1976). "Queen City History: The Burnet House Hotel and the Central Business District". Cincinnati Magazine. Emmis Communications. pp. 16–17.
- ^ Kenny, Daniel J. (1879). Cincinnati illustrated: a pictorial guide to Cincinnati and the suburbs. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & co. p. 57 – via HathiTrust.
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