Commodore Hotel, 79 Western Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Commodore Hotel
2001
2001
Address:	79 Western Avenue
Neighborhood/s:	Summit Hill, Saint Paul, Minnesota
City/locality- State/province	Saint Paul, Minnesota
County- State/province:	Ramsey County, Minnesota
State/province:	Minnesota
Country:	United States
Year built:	1920
Historic Function:	Hotel/motel
Current Function:	Apartments/condominiums
Material of Exterior Wall Covering:	Brick
Material of Roof:	Asphalt

Summit Hill Saint Paul Ramsey

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Commodore Hotel, 79 Western Avenue, Saint Paul, Minnesota
(44.943855° N, 93.116049° W)

History

Opened in 1920, the hotel and its elegant art deco bar attracted literary figures F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald as well as gangsters Al Capone and Fred Barker. The hotel was renovated in the 1970s but still looks much like it did when Ma Barker met her son Fred's girlfriend here.

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This place is part of the John Dillinger Slept Here Tour

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The Commodore Hotel has been a landmark location in St. Paul for over 70 years. An early advertisement read "A high class Residential Service that features, among other things, the 'Homelike spirit' and a location in the most aristocratic and quiet section of the city." Socialites and flappers, businessmen, writers and artists of all sorts found their way to the Commodore, attracted by the same things then that appeal today... marvelous Art Deco decoration and comfortable furnishings, a wonderful location in a glamourous and convenient neighborhood and a relaxed, welcoming style that makes you feel right at home. Prior to 1978 the Commodore was a residential hotel and home to such notables as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. In 1912 Fitzgerald wrote: "We got to the Commodore in St. Paul, and while the leaves blew up the street we waited for our children to be born." Today the early ambiance still lingers on in this completely unique facility.