Gilpatrick Hotel
{{Short description|Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Hotel Gilpatrick
| image = Hotel Gilpatrick,Milwaukee, 1912.png
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Hotel Gilpatrick in October 1912
| coordinates = {{coord|43|2|27.3|N|87|54|53|W|type:landmark_region:US-WI|display=inline,title}}
| architectural_style = Romanesque Revival
| address = 223 Third Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
| completion_date = {{circa}} 1900
| opened_date = 1907
| inauguration_date =
| relocated_date =
| renovation_date = 1907
| closing_date = April 1, 1932
| demolition_date = December 1941
| material = Brick
| size =
| floor_count = 5
}}
Gilpatrick Hotel was situated at 223 Third Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. It was opened in 1907 and was operated by members of the Gilpatrick family. The hotel was the site of the attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.
In 1941 the hotel was razed and in 1979 the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee was erected in its place. In 1926 a memorial plaque commemorating the assassination attempt was affixed to the front of the Gilpatrick; it was removed, stored, and subsequently attached to the new hotel.
History
The building was constructed in the style of Romanesque Revival architecture.{{cite news |last1=Tanzilo |first1=Bobby |title=14 bygone Milwaukee hotels |url=https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/oldmilwaukeehotels |access-date=9 February 2024 |work=OnMilwaukee |date=14 November 2017 |archive-date=27 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927191210/https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/oldmilwaukeehotels |url-status=live }} It was originally occupied by the Romadka Bros Company, manufacturers of luggage trunks.{{cite news |title=Anthony Romadka Injured by Fall |publisher=The Milwaukee Journal |date=29 August 1901}} They used the building to house their offices and they were a well-known company in Milwaukee.{{cite news |title=Remember When... |publisher=The Milwaukee Journal |date=31 July 1970}}
Martin G. Gilpatrick started the Milwaukee hotel in 1907. The building had to be remodeled in order to create hotel rooms. It was located at 223 Third Street and in February 1907 during hotel construction, fifty workers walked off the job. The skilled trades, including carpenters, bricklayers, and masons, began the strike action to protest non-union electricians and ironworkers who arrived to begin work on the construction site. The workers reached an agreement and returned to work after one week.{{cite book |title=Biennial Report of the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation |date=1910 |publisher=Democrat Printing Company |location=Madison, Wisconsin |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMXvAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22gilpatrick+hotel%22&pg=PA22 |access-date=9 February 2024 |language=en |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227072953/https://books.google.com/books?id=wMXvAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22gilpatrick+hotel%22&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q=%22gilpatrick%20hotel%22&f=false |url-status=live }}{{cite book |title=The Brass World and Platers Guide |date=1924 |publisher=Brass World Publishing Company |location=New York, New Yok |edition=320 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5exgiP7EoJ0C&dq=%22gilpatrick+hotel%22&pg=PA326 |language=en |access-date=2024-02-27 |archive-date=2024-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227073014/https://books.google.com/books?id=5exgiP7EoJ0C&dq=%22gilpatrick+hotel%22&pg=PA326#v=onepage&q=%22gilpatrick%20hotel%22&f=false |url-status=live }} After the remodel and opening as a hotel, it was managed by George H. Byer. It was considered to be a luxury hotel. In 1912 Herman Rollfink's saloon was directly across the street from the hotel on Third Street.{{cite book |last1=Helferich |first1=Gerard |title=Theodore Roosevelt and the Assassin: Madness, Vengeance, and the Campaign of 1912 |date=8 October 2013 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-1-4930-0077-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3VBBAAAQBAJ |access-date=13 February 2024 |language=en |page=167 |archive-date=25 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225215210/https://books.google.com/books?id=F3VBBAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Prigge |first1=Matthew J. |title='It Takes More Than One Bullet to Kill a Bull Moose!' When Teddy Roosevelt was Gunned Down in Milwaukee |url=https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/milwaukee-history/it-takes-more-than-one-bullet-to-kill-a-bull-moose/ |access-date=25 February 2024 |work=Shepherd Express |date=5 August 2020 |language=en-us |archive-date=28 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128131958/https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/milwaukee-history/it-takes-more-than-one-bullet-to-kill-a-bull-moose/ |url-status=live }}
Martin Gilpatrick died in 1918,{{cite news |title=Martin G. Gilpatrick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/756667151/?terms=Hotel%20Gilpatrick&match=1&clipping_id=135830649 |access-date=9 February 2024 |work=National Hotel Reporter |language=en |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227072959/https://www.newspapers.com/image/756667151/?terms=Hotel%20Gilpatrick&match=1&clipping_id=135830649 |url-status=live }} and ownership passed to Samuel and Rosaline Gilpatrick.{{cite news |title=The Will of Samuel i. Gilpatrick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-hotel-reporter/135829068/ |access-date=9 February 2024 |work=National Hotel Reporter |date=12 April 1918 |pages=1 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227072955/https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-hotel-reporter/135829068/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=I.S. Gilpatrick |title=Article clipped from National Hotel Reporter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-hotel-reporter/135831165/ |access-date=9 February 2024 |work=National Hotel Reporter |date=17 October 1918 |pages=1 |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227073004/https://www.newspapers.com/article/national-hotel-reporter/135831165/ |url-status=live }} The hotel changed hands when Samuel died on January 3, 1924.{{cite news |title=Famous Hotel Passes Away |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news/92687370/ |access-date=9 February 2024 |work=Kenosha News |agency=United Press |date=2 April 1932 |pages=8 |archive-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215173744/https://www.newspapers.com/article/kenosha-news/92687370/ |url-status=live }} The hotel was leased by Irving Gilpatrick, and the lease had a 1932 expiration.{{cite book |title=Hotel Monthly |date=1924 |publisher=J. Willy |location=Chicago Illinois |page=60 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCzOAAAAMAAJ |access-date=9 February 2024 |language=en |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227073005/https://books.google.com/books?id=DCzOAAAAMAAJ |url-status=live }} In 1921 a Hungarian restaurant named "Gross" was operating at the Gilpatrick Hotel.{{cite news |title=For Your Sunday Dinner Try Gross |publisher=The Milwaukee Journal |date=30 October 1921}}
The last day of operation as a hotel was April 1, 1932.{{cite news |title=Gilpatrick closing recalls Roosevelt shooting scene {{!}} Newspaper Article/Clipping |url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA9800 |access-date=11 February 2024 |work=Wisconsin Historical Society |publisher=The Milwaukee Sentinel |date=2 April 1932 |language=en |archive-date=12 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212232349/https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Newspaper/BA9800 |url-status=live }} Demolition of the building was approved in late December 1941, after ten years of not being used as a hotel.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/239848650/ |title=Gilpatrick Hotel Will Be Wrecked |date=December 27, 1941 |newspaper=The Sheboygan Press |page=3 |access-date=February 9, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=February 27, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227073017/https://www.newspapers.com/image/239848650/ |url-status=live }} The hotel was located at Third and Kilbourn which is now the site of the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee. The upper floors were razed but there was a tavern on the first floor which remained open.
= Assassination attempt =
File:1926 Memorial for the Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt.jpg
{{Main|Attempted assassination of Theodore Roosevelt}}
On October 14, 1912, former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt went to Milwaukee to campaign for re-election as president. He and his entourage ate dinner at the Gilpatrick because the owner, Gilpatrick, was a supporter. After dinner Roosevelt got into an open convertible directly in front of the hotel. As he stood up to acknowledge the crowd that had gathered, a man named John Schrank shot him in the chest. Roosevelt survived the assassination attempt and Schrank was arrested.{{cite book |last1=Tichelaar |first1=Tyler R. |title=When Teddy Came to Town |date=12 June 2018 |publisher=Marquette Fiction |location=Marquette, Michigan |isbn=978-0-9962400-5-5 |pages=20–21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=swljDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22gilpatrick+hotel%22&pg=PT20 |access-date=9 February 2024 |language=en |archive-date=27 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240227073456/https://books.google.com/books?id=swljDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22gilpatrick+hotel%22&pg=PT20#v=onepage&q=%22gilpatrick%20hotel%22&f=false |url-status=live }}
A plaque was fitted to the front of the Gilpatrick Hotel to commemorate the event. It was added by the United Spanish War Veterans of Milwaukee County in 1926. After the building was razed the plaque was saved and stored. In 1979 the plaque was affixed to the newly constructed Hyatt Regency.{{cite news |title=Plaque That Will Be Happen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kokomo-tribune-gilpatrick-hotel/140594302/ |access-date=9 February 2024 |work=The Kokomo Tribune |date=29 August 1979 |pages=13 |archive-date=12 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240212153712/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kokomo-tribune-gilpatrick-hotel/140594302/ |url-status=live }} On October 14, 2012, to mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination attempt, the city reenacted the event. It took place at the east entrance of the Hyatt Regency where the Gilpatrick once stood. The participants wore period costumes including several police re-enactors.{{cite news |last1=Schultze |first1=Steve |title=Re-enactment of Roosevelt shooting is true to history |url=https://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/reenactment-of-roosevelt-shooting-is-true-to-history-3477jeh-174115961.html |access-date=10 February 2024 |work=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |agency=Gannett |date=14 October 2012 |language=en |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226003141/https://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/reenactment-of-roosevelt-shooting-is-true-to-history-3477jeh-174115961.html |url-status=live }}
Gallery
File:Hotel Gilpatrick Post Card (1917).jpg|Hotel Gilpatrick post card (1917)
File:Hotel Gilpatrick.jpg|1926 image of the hotel
File:Hyatt Regency Milwaukee entrance on the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive side.jpg|2024 view of the spot where Roosevelt was shot
File:Automobile in Which Ex-President Roosevelt Stood when Shot (1912).jpg|The automobile in which ex-president Roosevelt stood in front of the Gilpatrick Hotel. Crosses mark where Roosevelt and Schrank each stood.
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Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Wisconsin
Category:Hotels established in 1907
Category:Hotels disestablished in 1941