Article by Min Lee


Introduction

On the evening of June 6, 1922, the Providence Biltmore Hotel opened with a formal celebration attended by 1,000 prominent Rhode Island and New York citizens. The highly anticipated hotel received enthusiastic reviews. The Providence Journal, on June 7, 1922, hailed the Providence Biltmore Hotel as a "castle that has floated in the air above these plantations for some few years," and "dropped down to earth last night…and proved by a unanimous verdict of the elected and initiated, even better as a reality than as a dream." In his welcome speech at the hotel’s opening celebration, Providence Mayor Gainer called the opening of the Providence Biltmore, "the most important event in Providence in the last 10 years." The opening of the Providence Biltmore placed the city among the most progressive and up to date in the country.
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