America's Main Street Hotels: Transiency and Community in the Early Auto Age

by John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle

In small cities and towns across the United States, Main Street hotels were iconic institutions. They were usually grand, elegant buildings where families celebrated special occasions, local clubs and organizations honored achievements, and communities came together to commemorate significant events. Often literally at the center of their communities, these hotels sustained and energized their regions and were centers of culture and symbols of civic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572336552
• ISBN13: 9781572336551
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"