Pink Coral
by Dale Powell
Title
Pink Coral
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Dale Powell
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Reconstructed on the site of the original Mills House, this reproduction was completed in 1968. Otis Mills, a grain merchant and real estate developer, constructed the original in 1853, Mills, a native of Massachusetts, commissioned the architect John E. Earle, also an expatriate New Englander, to design the building, which contained the first large-scale running water and steam heat systems in the city. The five-story, 125 room hotel cost $200,000 to build and incorporated Philadelphia cast-iron balconies and New England terra cotta window cornices.
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April 19th, 2016
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