The Barbee Hotel

Indiana · United States · Hotel

Al Capone stayed here often and would clear out the other guests to have the place to himself. He always took room 301.

The Barbee Hotel on Barbee Lake in Indiana was a high class resort during Prohibition, and Al Capone was a frequent guest. He would often clear the other guests out so that he could stay in seclusion.

He always took room 301, at the back of the hotel.

Staff cleaning the rooms report the smell of cigar smoke, and when they trace it, it comes from 301.

The bartender, who has worked there for years, has his own accounts.

Capone connections are claimed by a great many buildings across the upper Midwest and most of them are invented. This one is better supported than most, and the specific room number, remembered and still in service, is the sort of detail that survives because staff pass it to each other rather than because anyone put it in a brochure.

The hotel is a working business on the lake.

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Where is The Barbee Hotel located?

The Barbee Hotel is in Indiana, United States.