MENTONE, Alabama - The Mentone Springs Hotel, one of Alabama's oldest hotels and named one of The New York Times' "1,000 Places to Visit Before You Die," has been destroyed by fire, its owners report.

Officials at the scene of the fire Sunday morning told AL.com that an electrical panel explosion on the second floor of the hotel caused the blaze.

A post on the hotel's Facebook page shortly before 11 p.m. acknowledged the fire and said no one was injured.

Built in 1884 by Dr. Frank Caldwell of Pennsylvania, the hotel was named after Mentone in France after his daughter saw news reports of Queen Victoria visiting there.

Caldwell's daughter suggested naming the hotel after Mentone, which news items of the time said translated to "a musical mountain spring." Caldwell's daughter suggested giving the same name to this place "where a rippling mountain spring flowed."

Updated at 1:30 p.m. March 2, 2014 to include the cause of the fire.