Most of the time when people think of hotels they throw at names like, Holiday Inn, Hilton, Days Inn, Hampton Inn, ect., these names have become known throughout the United States. Back in the 1920s, in Terre Haute the name that everyone knew was the Deming Hotel. It was the hot spot, it had its own barber shop, billiard room, banquet hall, ballroom, and a private parking complex. This great hotel was built by Terre Haute native Demas Deming, who is also known for the park he created, his donations to his business partners college Rose Polytechnic, and his general giving nature. If one wanted a fun night on the town for cheap all you needed to do was head down to the Deming. Every Saturday night, there was an orchestras that played for the dances the hotel put on. The entrance fee for the dance was 75 cents. Now, though the building is used as an apartment complex for the elderly and disabled, and is owned by ISU.