Hotel Belleville
Hotel Belleville | |
Location | 16 S. Illinois St., Belleville, Illinois |
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Coordinates | 38°30′47″N 89°59′03″W / 38.51306°N 89.98417°W |
Built | 1930-31 |
Architect | Manske & Bartling |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
NRHP reference No. | 100002574[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 20, 2018 |
Hotel Belleville is a historic hotel building at 16 S. Illinois Street in Belleville, Illinois. The hotel was built in 1930–31 to replace the city's previous hotel, the Belleville House; like its predecessor, the hotel marketed itself as the most luxurious and modern hotel in Belleville. Architects Manske & Bartling designed the building in the Art Deco style; their design included first-floor window bays with terra cotta blocks, brick pilasters above the entrance, ornamental brickwork on the upper floors, and a parapet. The hotel's amenities included a restaurant and cocktail lounge, banquet and event space, office space for community organizations, and storefronts for local businesses. In the decades after it opened, the building served both as a center of Belleville's social life and a home for regional conventions. The hotel operated until 1961, when it was converted to an assisted living facility for the elderly.[2]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 20, 2018.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 6/21/2018 Through 6/29/2018". National Park Service. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ Bivens, Matt (April 18, 2018). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hotel Belleville" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved May 11, 2020.[dead link ]
- National Register of Historic Places in St. Clair County, Illinois
- Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- Hotel buildings completed in 1931
- Art Deco architecture in Illinois
- Buildings and structures in Belleville, Illinois
- Southern Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs