Manufacturer: Hutschenreuther, Selb, Bavaria
User: Webster Hall Hotel
Distributor: Albert Pick & Co., Chicago
Date of platter: 1926

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Notes: The 11-story, 700-room Webster Hall Hotel was designed by Henry Hornbostel with Eric Fischer Wood. Located at 4415 Fifth Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, Pa., construction on the grand Beaux-Arts style building started in late 1924. The hotel is not listed in the 1925 Hotel Red Book (HRB), but is listed in the 1927. The hotel opened in 1926 as a bachelor hotel, catering to men and collegians, and was furnished by Albert Pick & Co. In a few short years, the hotel became one of the leading transient hotels in the city.

An ad in the 1940 Hotel Red Book states: "An Achievement in Modernization – Large new decorated rooms, Ultra-modern Neo-Angle Baths, Air Conditioning, Delicious Food. The only hotel in Pittsburgh with a swimming pool."

A later ad: "Webster Hall Hotel, 600 rooms, European Plan, $2.50 up. 600 airy outside rooms in smart new furnishings. Luxurious suites and meeting rooms adequate for convention and social activities. Three restaurants. Spacious Sun Deck. Nationally famous Boot & Saddle Tap Room." This ad has the Webster Hall Hotel logo.

By 1967, "Motor" was added to the hotel name. It was listed in the 1973 Hotel Red Book, but not the 1985 HRB.

According to Emporis.com in 2011, Webster Hall is a residence hall for Carnegie-Mellon University, managed by NDC Real Estate.

Sources:
Larry Paul's 20th Century Hotel Research Database
Hotel Red Books
Emporis.com

Black Knight white body 8.5" x 12" platter with a wide band of black acanthus leaves on green, broken by the hotel logo and three oval medallions. The Webster Hall Hotel logo consists of a three-section shield with a palm top left and a diagonal bar with three elements, two seated animals and another animal above. Below is a banner with Webster Hall.

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