Atlantic City, NEW JERSEY - New St Charles Hotel - © 1903: St. Charles Hotel - 1906. The boardwalk was put up to keep hotel patrons from tracking sand into the hotel lobbies. The St. Charles Hotel was one of the first to benefit. It occupied the entire block at New Jersey avenue and it had its own connection to the boardwalk. St. Charles Place holds a key position on the original Monopoly Board, right next to Jail. The Showboat Casino now occupies this piece of land, where the St. Charles Hotel once stood. This Undivided Back Era postcard, copyrighted in 1903, is in good condition. Detroit Publishing Co. No. 6581.