In the Anuario de investigaciones culturales, online at:
http://www.atenas.cult.cu/rl/edicionesmatanzas/anuario/anuar..., on page 62, appears the following:

1909. Hotel Kentucky. Sito en Ayuntamiento No 18 fue inaugurado el 17 de abril de 1909. En el lugar estuvo antes la Posada La Niña –1903–, el Hotel Florida, inaugurado el 2 de octubre de 1904, propiedad de Nicanor Ovares y el Hotel Europa en 1907.

I have been away from my computer for the past week.
Thank you for the information about Tapanes book, now I can forget about it.

Gracias
Jose

I have been away from my computer for the past week.

Thanks a lot for your information about my wife's grandfather Nicanor, wish I could find the names of his brothers.

Did you have the info about Msgr. Alberto Martin?

Gracias
Jose