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The Majestic Hotel stood on this site from 1906 to 1965. Advanced for its day, its own water system helped save it and surrounding properties during the Great Lake Charles Fire of 1910. For some time it was operated by Emma Michie, who hosted Harry Houdini, the Barrymores, General and Mrs. Eisenhower, and Jackie and John Kennedy, among many other national figures. The hotel was the center of social, political, and cultural life for Southwest Louisiana until, deemed obsolete, it was demolished in 1965 for parking.
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Lake Charles, Louisiana · United States
