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"HOTEL MONTE SANO, Near Huntsville, Ala."

Item

Dublin Core

Identifier

loc_robf_000341

Title

"HOTEL MONTE SANO, Near Huntsville, Ala."

Description

This pamphlet announces the opening of the Hotel Monte Sano on June 1, 1887 and lists the manager as "Mr. S.E. Bates." The first section of the pamphlet includes a brief history of Huntsville and a description of the city's amenities. The author extolls the health advantages of Huntsville as "most healthfully situated at the base of Monte Sano" and describes the city's lack of recent disease outbreaks. The second section of the pamphlet details the Hotel Monte Sano's furnishings and amenities. The author emphasizes the "healthful" environs of the mountain and the hotel and includes letters from Huntsville's "eminent physicians" as testimonials. The pamphlet includes illustrations of scenes from Huntsville and Monte Sano.

Date

1887-06-01

Temporal Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)

Type

Source

Frances Cabaniss Roberts Collection
Series 4, Subseries A, Box 13, Folder 33A
University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama

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Citation

North Alabama Improvement Company, “"HOTEL MONTE SANO, Near Huntsville, Ala.",” UAH Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, accessed November 19, 2024, http://libarchstor2.uah.edu/digitalcollections/items/show/14496.

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  1. loc_robf_000341.pdf