Jefferson Arms, Revisited

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The Jefferson Arms is massive, and will require a complex plan to get it back open.

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Actually two buildings, the original and an expansion, it has been vacant for many years.

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The elaborate cornice will have to be rebuilt, as well.

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Perhaps one day there will be balls in the grand ballroom again.

Isaac Sievers, Fontbonne Prom at the Jefferson Hotel, 1935, Missouri History Museum, P0403-06134A-01A-PR

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