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- Guyon_Hotel abstract "The Guyon Hotel is a historic former hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The hotel was designed by Jens Jensen in 1927 and was built in red and cream brick with arched windows on two floors and exquisite, detailed terra cotta ornaments typical of Jensen's work. After the hotel opened in 1928, owner J. Louis Guyon mounted two AM radio towers to broadcast his radio station, WGES; the station aired morally conservative programming and music. Guyon sold WGES in the 1930s, and it left the hotel in the mid-1940s, but it continues to broadcast as WVON. In the late 1940s, the AM towers were replaced with an FM tower, and WOAK began broadcasts from the hotel. WOAK became WFMT in the 1950s and began airing classical music; the station has since moved but still broadcasts classical music.After the hotel closed, the building was renovated and converted to affordable housing in the 1980s by the non-profit group Bethel New Life. Former President Jimmy Carter stayed in the renovated hotel for a week while working on a rehabilitation project with Habitat for Humanity; his room was reportedly "roach-infested" and "furnished with only a couch and a milk crate". The housing effort ultimately failed when Bethel New Life ran out of funds. The building currently lies vacant and has changed possession four times since 2005. Due to building code violations, the hotel is in city demolition court; it is considered one of the ten most endangered landmarks in Illinois by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois.The Guyon Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1985.".
- Guyon_Hotel added "1985-05-09".
- Guyon_Hotel location Chicago.
- Guyon_Hotel nrhpReferenceNumber "85000966".
- Guyon_Hotel thumbnail Guyon_Hotel_Chicago_IL.jpg?width=300.
- Guyon_Hotel wikiPageID "38194887".
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- Guyon_Hotel yearOfConstruction "1928".
- Guyon_Hotel added "1985-05-09".
- Guyon_Hotel architectOrBuilder "Jensen,Jens J.".
- Guyon_Hotel area "less than one acre".
- Guyon_Hotel caption "The Guyon Hotel in 2010".
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- Guyon_Hotel governingBody "Private".
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- Guyon_Hotel latDegrees "41".
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- Guyon_Hotel latMinutes "52".
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- Guyon_Hotel location "4000".
- Guyon_Hotel locmapin "Illinois".
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- Guyon_Hotel name "Guyon Hotel".
- Guyon_Hotel refnum "85000966".
- Guyon_Hotel subject Category:Hotel_buildings_completed_in_1928.
- Guyon_Hotel subject Category:Hotel_buildings_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Chicago,_Illinois.
- Guyon_Hotel subject Category:Hotels_in_Chicago,_Illinois.
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- Guyon_Hotel type HistoricPlace.
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- Guyon_Hotel comment "The Guyon Hotel is a historic former hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The hotel was designed by Jens Jensen in 1927 and was built in red and cream brick with arched windows on two floors and exquisite, detailed terra cotta ornaments typical of Jensen's work. After the hotel opened in 1928, owner J. Louis Guyon mounted two AM radio towers to broadcast his radio station, WGES; the station aired morally conservative programming and music.".
- Guyon_Hotel label "Guyon Hotel".
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- Guyon_Hotel lat "41.88194444444444".
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- Guyon_Hotel name "Guyon Hotel".