National Register of Historic Places

El Vernona Hotel-John Ringling Hotel

Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida
Listed
March 5, 1987
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
87000197

About this property

The El Vernona Hotel–John Ringling Hotel was a famous hotel located at 111 North Tamiami Trail in Sarasota, Florida, United States. The hotel was designed by Dwight James Baum and built in 1926 by developer Owen Burns who named it after his wife. The hotel opened on New Year's Eve 1926. John Ringling bought it after stock market crash of 1929 and renamed it the John Ringling Hotel. In 1964 it was renamed the John Ringling Towers and converted to apartments. By 1980 it was vacant and deteriorating. On March 5, 1987, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, but the building was razed in 1998 to make room for the Sarasota Ritz-Carlton. El Vernona Hotel-John Ringling Hotel at Portal of Historic Resources, State of Florida Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-405, "El Vernona-John Ringling Hotel, 111 North Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41), Sarasota, Sarasota County, FL", 29 photos, 50 data pages, 3 photo caption pages

Location

111 N. Tamiami Trail
Sarasota, Sarasota County, Florida
27.33739, -82.54693

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was El Vernona Hotel-John Ringling Hotel listed on the National Register?

El Vernona Hotel-John Ringling Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1987.

What type of historic resource is El Vernona Hotel-John Ringling Hotel?

El Vernona Hotel-John Ringling Hotel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for El Vernona Hotel-John Ringling Hotel is recorded as the industrial era.

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