Eutaw House was a notable 19th-century hotel of Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States.[1] Constructed beginning in 1832, officially opened in 1835, Eutaw House was located at the northwest corner of Baltimore and Eutaw Streets.[2]
History
Designed by Samuel Harris, it offered 19,000 ft2 of floor space and approximately 230 guest rooms.[3] One of the first guests was William Henry Harrison, and in 1838 "the roof was partly blown off by the same tornado that blew down a section of the wall of the Front Street Theater."[4] Robert Garrett & Sons bought the prestigious hotel in 1845 and upgraded it further, and owned it until it was demolished.[5][6] In 1859, Robert Coleman, who had run Astor House in New York, took charge of the Eutaw.[6] Abraham Lincoln stayed at the Eutaw House on the way to his inauguration in 1861.[7] Andrew Johnson stopped at the Eutaw on the last leg of his Swing Around the Circle political tour in 1866.[8]
From 1894 it housed the headquarters of the Maryland Democratic Party.[9] The building was gutted by fire in 1912,[10] just before the 1912 Democratic National Convention,[9] and torn down shortly thereafter. The building was replaced with a "theater for motion pictures and vaudeville."[11]
