The Altamont Hotel was located on what is now Crown Avenue, and was nationally known for its mineral waters. It was later used a hospital for soldiers. Other mineral water resorts in Fort Thomas included the Avenel, and the Shelley Arms.

1906	1924	Altamont, with Trails  to the River

 

  c. 1910

 

The Shelly for sale
From a Facebook post by Eddie Donlin

This Altamont Springs  ad is from 1918	The menu from the banquet of the Third Annual Convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America, held at the Altamont in 1907

 

“United States Public Health Service Hospital No. 69, Newport, Ky.  This station is leased property, formerly known as the Altamont Hotel, and was opened in February, 1921.  It has a capacity of 100 beds, and when remodeling work is completed it will increase the capacity to 150 beds. - Surg. W. A. Korn, medical officer in charge.” from the Annual Report of the Surgeon General, 1921.

“Winter Rates Go into effect October 1 and continue to May 1, 1907.  Delightful accommodations (single  rooms or a suite) can be obtained at an exceptionally low price during this period.  Before going somewhere else, it would be well to investigate what the Altamont offers.  Only 35 minutes  from Fountain square, Cincinnati, on the Fort  Thomas  car line.  For rates and full information, address  Claude Foley, Manager, Altamont Hotel, Ft. Thomas,  Ky. Tel. South 600.”

“Those who, in reaching Louisville, passed through Cincinnati were held up there and taken in tow by Frank Fredericks and others, including a squad from the Ohio Valley Druggists Association, and piloted around.  Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and the Cincinnati Zoo were the principal show points.  The luncheon at the Altamont Hotel on the bluffs above the Ohio River on the Kentucky side was one of the most enjoyable features of the entire trip.”from The Druggists Circular, Vol. 53, 1909.

 

Enquirer Ad, June 27, 1915	Enquirer Ad, June 17, 1915	Enquirer Ad, November 2, 1908	Enquirer Ad, September, 1912
Thanks to Eric Geiman for these.
Eric created this timeline of The Altamont's history

Description of the Altamont from 1909
 

The Altamont Water Towers A little background is here.	An Advertisement Page  from a Travel Book

Altamont Hotel, Fort Thomas, near Cincinnati,
in the Kentucky Highlands, 1912

to Miss Mary Eisenschmidt, 402 North Road, Guthrie, Oklahoma Hello Mary: You ought to be here to root for our football team. They are not doing extra. I'm getting along OK at school on the whole. I don't like our algebra teacher, though. Thank you for those schools[?] you sent me. Received the pictures to-day. Think they are fine. I would like to run in and take my music lesson with you. I fear I will never be a great pianist. Vernon

 

The last days
The Kentucky Post, July 24, 1914

 

           

These are both views of the Cincinnati Waterworks, in California, Ohio. 
The Altamont is the building high on the hill in the background of these.

By the 1920's business had declined, and the Altamont was sold at auction. Story here.