Fort Dearborn Hotel

Coordinates: 41°52′36″N 87°37′52″W / 41.87667°N 87.63111°W / 41.87667; -87.63111
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Fort Dearborn Hotel
Holabird & Roche
Architectural styleVenetian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.82000390[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1982

The Fort Dearborn Hotel is a

LaSalle/Van Buren 'L' station. The Hotel Sherman Co. owned both the Fort Dearborn Hotel and the nearby Hotel Sherman, and the two hotels had a common management and kitchen staff. However, while the Hotel Sherman was a typical luxury hotel of the era, the Fort Dearborn Hotel focused on providing practical amenities at lower rates and set an example as a "popular, commercial hotel".[2] The hotel is now an office building known as the LaSalle Atrium Building.[3]

The Fort Dearborn Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Kiriazis, Judith. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Fort Dearborn Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  3. ^ Baeb, Eddie (January 3, 2011). "Loop office owner bets on bottom of the barrel". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved March 4, 2013.