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Accolades from reviewers

“…Vaughn offers an incredible rare and detailed look at the history of one of our nation’s most impressive landmark buildings.” B. Gunar Gruenke, President, Conrad Schmitt Studios, New Berlin, Wisconsin

“It is…a monumental piece of work befitting the monumentality of the hotel and the West Baden story.”  The Honorable Randall T. Shepard, retired chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, chairman of the board of directors of Indiana Landmarks during the hotel’s restoration, and honorary chairman of the board of directors of Indiana Landmarks

“Visually it is…a splendid volume. Wonderful photos, which really capture the era and the institution.”  Father John W. O’Malley, Jesuit scholar, author, and university professor, Theology Department Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., author of the first documented history of the hotel, written in the mid-1950s, much of it researched while a student at West Baden College

“…a very good read with lots of facts.” George Ridgway, AIA, L.S., Cook Group, Bloomington, Indiana, project architect for the hotel’s restoration

“It is an immense achievement in terms of research, reviewing evidence, and writing!” James A. Glass, PhD, Director, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indianapolis, Indiana, and researcher and writer on historic preservation

“…knowing the field of preservation as I do, I am unable to identify any book that can match it in detail through careful research, in blending history and architecture and economics, and in telling the story of a great epic.” The Honorable Randall T. Shepard, retired chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, chairman of the board of directors of Indiana Landmarks during the hotel’s restoration, and honorary chairman of the board of directors of Indiana Landmarks

“By delving into the past and using a variety of resources, Vaughn paints a full and vivid picture of the history—not just of West Baden, but of the state and country….an encyclopedia of historic Indiana and the West Baden Springs Hotel.” B. Gunar Gruenke, President, Conrad Schmitt Studios, New Berlin, Wisconsin


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