Dublin Core
Title
Avalon hotel room rate sign
Subject
Business
Hotel
Hotel
Description
Although the sign has 100 slots for names, there were only 66 rooms. Each slot has a number covered in plastic with slips of white or pink paper with names written on them. The Avalon Hotel at 222 Park Place, was a community interest project for Waukesha. After the Springs Era ended, many hotels and resorts deteriorated or were razed. Waukesha needed a modern hotel to service traveling businessmen and accommodate community groups.
In 1927, the Waukesha Community Hotel Company was incorporated by several community leaders to raise money through stocks and bonds in order to build a modern, downtown hotel. The name was inspired by literature: Avalon is the place where King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table lived and held feasts, conferences, and tournaments. This was a perfect name for this new hotel.
In 1938, John Weber, Jr. gained control of the stock and his family began its multi-generational operation of the Avalon. In May 1968, the hotel was sold to the Presbyterian Homes Foundation and was renamed Avalon Manor and refurbished to house 90 residents over the age of 62.
Donor: Estate of John Weber IV
Adopt an Artifact Sponsor: Eaton
In 1927, the Waukesha Community Hotel Company was incorporated by several community leaders to raise money through stocks and bonds in order to build a modern, downtown hotel. The name was inspired by literature: Avalon is the place where King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table lived and held feasts, conferences, and tournaments. This was a perfect name for this new hotel.
In 1938, John Weber, Jr. gained control of the stock and his family began its multi-generational operation of the Avalon. In May 1968, the hotel was sold to the Presbyterian Homes Foundation and was renamed Avalon Manor and refurbished to house 90 residents over the age of 62.
Donor: Estate of John Weber IV
Adopt an Artifact Sponsor: Eaton
Publisher
Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum
Date
mid 20th century
Rights
Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum