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City: Wichita
County: Sedgwick
Category: hotel
Keywords: carey hotel
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Carey House (Eaton Hotel)
525 East DouglasWichita (Sedgwick County)
Listed in National Register Apr 13, 1972
Architect: Terry & Dumont
Area of Significance: hotel
Architectural Style(s): Late Victorian
This five-story Eclectic structure was built between 1886 and 1887 for John B. Carey, mayor of the City of Wichita from 1891 to 1892. The local architectural firm of Terry and Dumont designed the hotel. In 1904, a large addition was built on the west facade. The Carey Hotel garnered national fame in 1900, when the infamous temperance movement leader Carry A. Nation vandalized the bar destroying a painting by celebrated local artist, John Noble. In 1910, the name was changed to the Eaton Hotel in honor of the second owner.
