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Hotel Sansone

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Hotel Sansone, also known as the Hotel Springfield and Hotel Sterling, is a historic hotel building located in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Built in 1911, it is a four-story American Craftsman style brick building. It measures 44 feet wide by 110 feet deep. It features a stepped parapet, beneath which is set a shallow overhanging hip roof sheathed with green Spanish tiles, and supported by heavy carved wooden brackets.: 5 It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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Hotel Sansone
East McDaniel Street, Springfield

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