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Hotel Rennert registers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0684

Abstract

This collection contains 57 volumes of guest registers for Hotel Rennert in Baltimore, Maryland from 1895-1920.

Dates

  • 1895-1920

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

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Historical Note

Hotel Rennert was a first class Rennaisance-style hotel located in Baltimore, Maryland on the corner of West Saratoga and Liberty streets. Owned by Robert Rennert and designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the hotel was seven stories high and fireproof. Notable guests to the hotel included Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and ex-President William Howard Taft. With competition from the nearby Belvedere Hotel, the Rennert suffered and eventually closed down in 1939. The hotel was destroyed in 1941.

Extent

46.32 Linear Feet (39 flat boxes containing 57 volumes.)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically beginning in 1895 and ending in July, 1920. Each register begins with the date of the first registrant.

Bibliography

Fred Rasmussen, "Everyone came to the Rennert Institution: The hotel built by Robert Rennert in 1885 was the place to be for many years. Politicos wheeled and dealed, and Mencken celebrated Prohibition's repeal there," Baltimore Sun, January 19, 1997, https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-01-19-1997019222-story.html, accessed September 10, 2019.
Title
Guide to the Hotel Rennert registers
Status
Under Revision
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Revision Statements

  • 2019-09-10: Manually entered into ArchivesSpace by Mallory Herberger.

Repository Details

Part of the H. Furlong Baldwin Library Repository

Contact:
H. Furlong Baldwin Library
Maryland Center for History and Culture
610 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201 United States
4106853750