Hotel Monteleone New Orleans, Louisiana

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1886
Construction of the Commercial Hotel (later to become Hotel Monteleone)
1903
30 rooms added to Commercial Hotel
1908
Commercial Hotel is renamed to Monteleone Hotel and 300 rooms are added
1913
Death of Antonio Monteleone; his son Frank takes over the Monteleone Hotel
1928
Frank Monteleone adds 200 more rooms to the hotel
1949
Carousel Bar & Lounge, with a rotating bar, added to Hotel Monteleone
29 Dec 1950
The Rose Tattoo, a three-act play by Tennessee Williams premieres in Chicago
1954
Hotel Monteleone's original building is razed to make room for a new and larger building
2007
Hotel Monteleone joins Historic Hotels of America