Crutchfield House was the city's first large hotel
Stanton House was at site of current Chattanooga Choo Choo
Early view of the first version of the Read House at the site of the old Crutchfield House
Grand Hotel
Southern Hotel
Eastern Hotel
Plaza Hotel
Austin Hotel
Park Hotel
Terminal Hotel
Point Hotel
Lookout Mountain Hotel soon after it opened in 1929
Tall hotels that were built in downtown Chattanooga as well as those on nearby Lookout Mountain will be featured in a new book of old Chattanooga photos.
Many hotels have come and gone downtown, with several still around but placed in different uses.
Chattanooga has had a Southern Hotel, a Northern Hotel and an Eastern Hotel, but no Western Hotel.
Developers have tried several hotels on the mountain, and all have been financial failures. The huge Lookout Inn burned after facing fiscal difficulties and the nearby Point Hotel did not long survive. A big hotel on Jackson Hill was built during the Depression, but later found a valuable use for Covenant College.
The printing of Chattanooga in Old Photos will be limited to 800 copies.
It is the fourth book in the collection called the Chattanooga Photo Books made possible by Chattanoogan.com. The others are The Remarkable Stokes Collection, Railroads in and Around Chattanooga and Paul Hiener's Historic Chattanooga.
The new book includes almost 300 pages. It features hundreds of scenes from downtown, local landmarks, rivers and streams, parades, medical, banks, entertainment, parks and cemeteries and auto and livery.
Chattanooga in Old Photos, when it is available around Oct. 15, will be sold at Zarzour's Restaurant on Rossville Avenue behind the Fire Hall #1 on Main Street. Other books in the Chattanooga Photo Series can be purchased there from Shannon Fuller.
To reserve a copy of Chattanooga in Old Photos, send a check for $35 to John Wilson, PO Box 2331, Chattanooga, Tn., 37409. The price includes the sales tax. You may then pick up your book when it is ready at Zarzours.
Those who want the book mailed to them when it is ready should add $5 for postage and handling for a total charge of $40.
Copies of The Remarkable Stokes Collection, Railroads in and Around Chattanooga and Paul Hiener's Historic Chattanooga are each still available at $35 each ($40 when mailed). They can be ordered from the same PO Box 2331, Chattanooga, Tn., 37409.
Please make checks out to John Wilson - not to Chattanoogan.com.