About Robert E. Lee Hotel (St. Louis, Missouri)
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The Robert E. Lee Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, also known as Auditorium Hotel, Evangeline Home, or Railton Residence, is a Romanesque style building. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
It was designed in 1927 by architect Alonzo H. Gentry and was built during 1927-28. It is a 14-story building with a cast concrete structural framework and red brick walls.
It was originally opened as the Robert E. Hotel. Purchased by the Salvation Army in 1939 for $1.
Later, as Evangeline Booth Home, it provided housing for wives separated from the their husbands in active duty in the military during World War II.