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Developers seek to reuse Marion Hall as hotel annex, board urges historic corridor restoration
Summary
Developers presented a preliminary plan to rehabilitate Marion Hall (St. Vincent sanatorium) as a 38–39 room annex to the Drury Hotel, proposing a new connecting corridor and limited exterior changes; board members and public commenters urged restoring the original U‑shaped historic corridor to avoid exceptions for changes on primary facades.
Developers for the Drury Hotel presented a preliminary design on April 8 to rehabilitate Marion Hall (the former St. Vincent sanatorium) at 224 and 228 East Palace Avenue as an annex to the existing hotel, adding roughly 38–39 rooms and re‑establishing a corridor between the two buildings.
The applicant, architect Tjo Dimitrapt, said the 3‑story Marion Hall would be adapted for guestrooms and serviced by the existing hotel rather than operating as a separate hotel. The plan includes rehabbing the exterior, repairing historic fabric, re‑establishing a connection where a corridor once stood, and limited alterations on secondary elevations: a small stairwell footprint increase for code egress, converting one window to a door for an egress, and infilling two non‑original windows on a later (1950s) portion of the building.
The proposal asks the Historic Districts Review Board for exceptions to the code on three items: (1) re‑establishing an addition to a primary…
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