The Whitcomb still exists. If you’re thinking it might have tumbled into fleabag status, think again: the website tells you it’s one a’ them thar boooo-tik type a’ hotels what costs you plenty of money jist fer sleeping. </jethro mode> Whether the four-buck room rate hailed from some lull years, I can’t say.

It has the distinction of being designed to be a city hall, then a hotel. More here.