Blenheim Hotel, Ohio Avenue & Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ
Summary
Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel was a historic resort hotel property in Atlantic City, New Jersey, built in 1902-1906, and demolished in October of 1978. "Blenheim" refers to Blenheim Palace in England, the ancestral home of Sir Winston Churchill, a grandson of the Duke of Marlborough. Upon completion in 1906, it became the largest reinforced concrete building in the world. The Marlborough-Blehnheim resort enjoyed gothic parlors full of arches, grand domed dining room and auditorium, halls of colonnades, and an abundance of hexagonally stacked fireplaces.
Tags
Date
1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
1900, Boardwalk, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, 08401, 39.35723, -74.43288
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html