Hotels & Tourist Homes

Carnegie Hotel

Carnegie Hotel was located at 6803 Carnegie Avenue. Hotel owners Earnestine and Eddie Eadie sold their interests in the sixty-room hostelry in 1947 to Alonzo Wright, who also operated the Majestic Hotel on East 55th Street. The former manager of the Blue Grass Club and Mason’s Farm took charge of operating the hotel’s Blue Room and Cocktail Lounge at that time. Wright sold the hotel in 1961.

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Green Book Details

Carnegie Hotel appears in the Green Book in 1946-1947, 1949-1950, and 1954-1967 at the erroneous address 6903 Carnegie Ave. under the category Hotels.

Resources

  • “Alonzo G. Wright Sells Famed Carnegie Hotel.” Call & Post. April 22, 1961.
  • Carnegie Hotel ad. Call & Post. November 20, 1948.
  • “Carnegie Hotel Changes Hands.” Call & Post. August 2, 1947.
6803 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland, OH

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