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Copley Plaza Hotel

Historically Known As: Sheraton-Plaza Hotel

Address: 138 St James Ave
Vicinity: Copley Squ
Neighborhood of Back Bay Boston in Boston

Travel Genus: Lodging
Lodging category: Upscale Lodging

As Noted In: Deceptive Business Practice - Advertised Price Does Not Include Extra Hotel Fees, Phantom
As Noted In: Historic Hotels of America, National Trust for Historic Preservation

The Copley Plaza Hotel is a luxury hotel located on Copley Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The grand hostelry is notable for its stunning Neoclassical styled lobby. Know as Peacock Alley, it is decorated with Second Empire style crystal chandeliers and Italian marble columns. - AsNotedIn

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Composition	Food	Event
1876/00/00			Boston's Museum of Fine Arts' Gothic Revival building (lost) opens on the south side of Art Square, today's Copley Square.
1881/00/00	Gen Charles G Loring	Work	Charles Loring is promoted to be the first full-time Director of the Museum of Fine Arts located in a Gothic Revival building (lost) on the south side of Copley Square, Boston.
1911/00/00	Henry J Hardenbergh	Architect	A Renaissance Revival-style hotel is erected on the site of the originally Museum of Fine Arts. The E-shaped building is set on a foundation pilings driven 70 feet deep into the Back Bay fens.
1912/08/00	John F Fitzgerald	Dignitary	Mayor John F Fitzgerald conducts the opening ceremonies of the Copley Plaza Hotel.
1913/02/21	John Hays Hammond	Guest	After the small dinner party, hundreds of guest begin arriving at 11pm for Hamilton Fish's dance at the Copley Plaza Hotel.
1913/02/21	J P Morgan Jr	Guest	Mrs Nicholas Longworth, Mrs August Belmont, JP Morgan Jr, and John Hays Hammond attend a "Lenten dance" hosted by Hamilton Fish II at the Copley Plaza Hotel.
1913/02/22			Hamilton Fish II host a "Lenten dance" where "society leaders ... from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington and Boston greeted the coming of daylight this morning at the Copley Plaza Hotel".
1921/11/23			Frederick A Kerry, grandfather of US Secretary of State John Kerry, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with a handgun in a bathroom at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston.
1935/02/00	Babe Ruth	Guest of Honor	Boston boosters host a dinner for Babe Ruth at The Copley Plaza Hotel to celebrate his return to Boston after 16 years with the New York Yankees.
1940/08/02	Willard Hershberger	Vocation	During the second game of a double header against the Boston Bees, Willard Hershberger plays in a trance like state, getting no hits in 5 attempts. That night he cries uncontrollably in the suite of the Reds' manager, Bill McKechnie.
1940/08/03	Willard Hershberger	Died	Willard Hershberger meticulously lays towels, wall to wall, on the bathroom floor of his room at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. and commits suicide with a used single-edge blade that he had taken from his roommate's safety razor.
1944/00/00	Sheraton Hotels and Resorts	Owner	Sheraton Hotels and Resorts buys the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. They will renamed the hostelry the "Sheraton-Plaza Hotel" c 1953.
1973/00/00	John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company	Owner	The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company buys the Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, renames it back to the "Copley Plaza Hotel" and soon begins restorations.

Y/M/D

Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

Y/M/D

Person

Association

Description

Composition

Food

Event

1876/00/00

Boston's Museum of Fine Arts' Gothic Revival building (lost) opens on the south side of Art Square, today's Copley Square.

1881/00/00

Gen Charles G Loring

Work

Charles Loring is promoted to be the first full-time Director of the Museum of Fine Arts located in a Gothic Revival building (lost) on the south side of Copley Square, Boston.

1911/00/00

Henry J Hardenbergh

Architect

A Renaissance Revival-style hotel is erected on the site of the originally Museum of Fine Arts. The E-shaped building is set on a foundation pilings driven 70 feet deep into the Back Bay fens.

1912/08/00

John F Fitzgerald

Dignitary

Mayor John F Fitzgerald conducts the opening ceremonies of the Copley Plaza Hotel.

1913/02/21

John Hays Hammond

Guest

After the small dinner party, hundreds of guest begin arriving at 11pm for Hamilton Fish's dance at the Copley Plaza Hotel.

1913/02/21

J P Morgan Jr

Guest

Mrs Nicholas Longworth, Mrs August Belmont, JP Morgan Jr, and John Hays Hammond attend a "Lenten dance" hosted by Hamilton Fish II at the Copley Plaza Hotel.

1913/02/22

Hamilton Fish II host a "Lenten dance" where "society leaders ... from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington and Boston greeted the coming of daylight this morning at the Copley Plaza Hotel".

1921/11/23

Frederick A Kerry, grandfather of US Secretary of State John Kerry, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head with a handgun in a bathroom at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston.

1935/02/00

Babe Ruth

Guest of Honor

Boston boosters host a dinner for Babe Ruth at The Copley Plaza Hotel to celebrate his return to Boston after 16 years with the New York Yankees.

1940/08/02

Willard Hershberger

Vocation

During the second game of a double header against the Boston Bees, Willard Hershberger plays in a trance like state, getting no hits in 5 attempts. That night he cries uncontrollably in the suite of the Reds' manager, Bill McKechnie.

1940/08/03

Willard Hershberger

Died

Willard Hershberger meticulously lays towels, wall to wall, on the bathroom floor of his room at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. and commits suicide with a used single-edge blade that he had taken from his roommate's safety razor.

1944/00/00

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts

Owner

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts buys the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. They will renamed the hostelry the "Sheraton-Plaza Hotel" c 1953.

1973/00/00

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company

Owner

The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company buys the Sheraton-Plaza Hotel, renames it back to the "Copley Plaza Hotel" and soon begins restorations.