page_title: The Murray Hotel
section_title: Expansion, foreclosure and renaming
hierarchical_section_title: The Murray Hotel / Expansion, foreclosure and renaming
caption_attribution_description: English: Street view of Murray hotel, Livingston, Montana This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 79001409
context_page_description: The Murray Hotel, originally named the Elite Hotel, is a historic hotel in Livingston, Montana, United States. The original two story hotel was built at the corner of Park and Second St. in 1904 by Josephine Kline to accommodate passengers from the Northern Pacific Railway. The Elite was one of thirteen hotels built in downtown Livingston between 1884 and 1914 to service railroad travelers. Its construction was financed by the family of a future U.S. Senator from Montana, James E. Murray. The hotel's location opposite the Northern Pacific Railway's Livingston Depot made it a prime destination for railroad travelers. The hotel is located within the Livingston Commercial District, a registered National Historic District.
context_section_description: In the 1920s, the hotel expanded to four floors and 66 rooms.  In the mid-1920s, the Murray family foreclosed on Josephine Kline, took over the operation of the hotel and renamed it The Murray.  Although Kline contested the foreclosure all the way to Washington D.C. as late as 1934, she failed to recover ownership from the Murrays.  One of the unique aspects of the Murray was the installation of a 1905 hand-cranked Otis Elevator, at the time the only elevator in Livingston.
caption: Street view of the Murray (to left)
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