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Hotel Accommodations
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Please use this link to book your room at the Seelbach Hotel https://www.hilton.com/en/attend-my-event/mahon-schaefer-december12/ Guests can also call 1-800-445-8667 and say "Mahon Schaefer Wedding at the Seelbach Hilton" or "Group Code 92Y at the Seelbach Hilton" Deadline to book is November 11, 2026 Check-in time is 4:00 PM on the day of arrival and check-out time is 11:00 AM on the day of departure.
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Parking for the Ceremony and Reception
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The Seelbach Hilton Louisville offers valet parking for $40 per night for overnight guests on a 24-hour basis with in/out privileges and $22 flat fee for non-overnight guests on any day, at any time. Self Parking is located in an adjacent 1,000-car garage for $30 for overnight guests on a 24-hour basis, with in/out privileges. Non-overnight guests will be charged according to the hourly rate with a $22 maximum. An open surface lot, the RB Seelbach Lot, is also available nearby for self-parking. Seelbach Parking Garage - 523 South Fifth Street https://share.google/dc29nG4GVaNaTZ4Ua
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About the Venue
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The Historic Seelbach Hotel was built in 1905 by brothers Louis and Otto Seelbach. It's lavish turn of the century style has drawn Presidents, mobsters, and literary notables alike for years. The richly decorated lobby combined marble from Italy, Vermont and Switzerland in the classic Renaissance style including a vaulted dome of 800 glass panes. Conrad Arthur Thomas was commissioned to decorate the lobby with mural paintings of pioneer scenes from Kentucky history. -The Oakroom- The Oakroom was added to the hotel during the 1907 building project as a gentleman's billiard hall. The room was originally off limits to women as proper ladies did not partake in the sport or other nefarious activities that took place. It was later restored to serve as the hotel's dining room, but you can still see traces of the old billiard room on the South Wall with remnants of the cue racks remaining. The room contains a private dining area called the Al Capone room, originally serving as a card room equipped with its own secret exit through tunnels to the street. A small panel in the southwest wall served as a quick getaway for many famous gangsters, Mr. Capone included. -The Rathskeller- This reproduction of an authentic German Rathskeller is the only surviving complete Rookwood pottery room in the world. The designs on each tile are drawn and made by hand by famed Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati. The images on the walls depict the walled cities common in the Rhein region of Germany where the Seelbach brothers were born. The pelicans which adorn the columns around the room are a sign of good luck. The ceilings in the back of the room, by the bar, are made of fine tooled leather painted in a heraldic design with the twelve signs of the zodiac. This room was considered THE nightspot, attracting a young army officer during World War I by the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald. He later included the Seelbach Hotel in his book, The Great Gatsby.