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The Bender Hotel, constructed in 1911, was named for its original owner E.L. Bender. It was later renamed the San
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motif throughout. Meals were served in the tenth-floor banquet hall and two dining rooms: one at the ground floor and another on the roof top. The hotel also included a parlor on the second-floor
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ornament at the base. Final construction cost was US$ 600,000.
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