1902/00/00 |
GW and WD Hewitt |
Architect |
Construction begins on the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel for George Boldt, who owned the building outright, to replace the old Bellevue Stratford hotels. |
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1902/00/00 |
George Charles Boldt Sr |
Owner |
Construction begins on the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel for George Boldt, who owned the building outright, to replace the old Bellevue Stratford hotels. |
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1904/00/00 |
Thomas Edison |
Engineer |
1,090 room Bellevue-Stratford Hotel opens featuring a ballroom, a marble and hand-worked iron elliptical staircase, delicate lighting fixtures designed by Thomas Edison and stained glass transoms, Venetian windows and sky-lights by Alfred Godwin. |
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1909/03/19 |
Edith Wilson |
Life |
As Edith Galt and her party leave the dining room one evening, the hotel manager says they can look in the ballroom for a few minutes and see the president of Princeton University addressing the alumni. "That was my first glimpse of Woodrow Wilson." - EBW |
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Marriage of Edith Bolling Galt and Woodrow Wilson |
1912/00/00 |
Hewitt and Paist |
Architect |
At a cost of $850,000, 16 stories are built on the 3 story western end of the Bellevue-Stratford, 1911-1912. |
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1919/06/00 |
Thomas Coleman du Pont |
Owner |
T Coleman du Pont and Lucius M Boomer, president of Boomer-du Pont Properties Corp lease the Bellvue. The ground and building are retained by George C Boldt Jr. Boomer-du Pont offer $7,500,000 to buy the hotel, but Boldt wants $10,000,000. |
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1925/01/06 |
Leon Moisseiff |
Guest |
Leon Moisseiff and his bridge collaborators sing from the "Third Annual Staff Dinner Song Book" at the Delaware River Bridge Third Annual Staff Dinner in the Rose Garden of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia. |
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1925/01/06 |
Montgomery Case |
Guest |
Paul P Cret and his colleges, Montgomery Case, Clement Chase Allston Dana and Leon Moisseiff sit at Table 16 during the Delaware River Bridge Third Annual Staff Dinner in the Rose Garden of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia. |
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1925/01/06 |
Paul Philippe Cret |
Guest |
Paul P Cret attends the Delaware River Bridge Third Annual Staff Dinner in the Rose Garden of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia. |
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1925/12/00 |
Thomas Coleman du Pont |
Owner |
Backed by duPont, The Bellevue Company buys the Bellevue Hotel for $6,500,000 from the heirs of George C Boldt. About $3,000,000 is paid in cash and a $3,500,000 mortgage is assumed by Bellevue. |
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1936/00/00 |
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1936 Democratic National Convention |
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1940/00/00 |
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Republican national convention |
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1943/00/00 |
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United Nations conference |
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1945/00/00 |
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Pan America and World organization meeting |
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1963/10/30 |
John F Kennedy |
Dignitary |
President John F Kennedy rides in a 13-mile open car motorcade from the Philadelphia International Airport to the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. |
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1976/07/00 |
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At an American Legion convention, a pneumonia-like disease kills 29 people and sickens 182. Department of Health identifies the hotel's air conditioning system as the source of outbreak and orders the hotel to be closed. |
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1979/00/00 |
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The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel reopens as the Fairmont. |
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