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Institutional and Private LibrariesLibrary and Music Room%u2014%u2014Hotel Lincoln%u2014%u2014Indianapolis, Indiana Built in 1918 and razed in 1973.Indianapolis%u2019 Hotel Lincoln, which opened in 1918 with eight stories, was the largest flatiron building ever built in the state of Indiana. It sat on an acutely angled lot at the corner of West Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue, and was designed by architects Preston Rubush and Edgar Hunter, who were part owners along with banker Albert E. Metzger. Six floors were added to the structure in 1921, bringing the total to fifteen. In celebration, on New Year%u2019s Eve of that year, the elegant 14th-floor Travertine Room opened its doors to revelers for the first time.In a 1918 review of the hotel, the Indianapolis Star heralded the %u201cexquisite pieces of work in bas relief%u201d which adorned the lobby and mezzanine area. The finely-molded plaques on the pillars and ceiling were of %u201cconsiderable size%u201d and appeared to show figures that could have been Egyptian or Greek, although the reporter who covered the grand opening admitted that he was %u201cnot too well informed on such things.%u201dPaul Rupprecht managed the Lincoln from 1931 until it was purchased by Gotham Hotels in the mid-1960s. His daughter, Georgi, was only three months when her family moved into their twobedroom apartment on the 11th floor. Because the apartment did not have a kitchen, whenever her family decided to dine in, they ordered from room service. As a child, if she listened carefully, Georgi could just barely hear the Estey pipe organ upstairs in the Travertine Room. Less pleasantly, if the windows were open, she could smell the stench from the massive Kingan meatpacking plant a few blocks away. Georgi lived in the Lincoln until her marriage in 1955%u2014with her reception being held in the Travertine Room.Over the years, the Lincoln was a popular convention center for groups ranging from the D.A.R. to the Ku Klux Klan. In 1955, it became the Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel. After being razed in 1973, the Hyatt Regency Hotel was erected on the site.