The Gilpatrick Hotel was relatively short lived as Milwaukee hotels go but it had an interesting history nonetheless. It was opened in 1907 on North 3rd Street where the Hyatt currently sits. The Hyatt has actually been there longer than the Gilpatrick. Here are a few interesting items from my collection on the history of the Gilpatrick.
Be sure to see the re-enactment of the attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt on Sunday!
As it looked in 1937:
Remember When from July 12, 1970:
From the Milwaukee Journal, July 31, 1970:
[…] superior nuevamente después de un paréntesis de cuatro años. Se detuvo por la tarde en el Hotel Gilpatrick , y después de cenar con dignatarios locales, se preparó para ir al Auditorio de Milwaukee (ahora […]