Area less than one acre Architectural style Colonial Revival Added to NRHP November 3, 1988 | Built 1915 (1915) NRHP Reference # 88002229 Phone +1 815-224-4800 | |
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Address 217 Marquette St, Lasalle, IL 61301, USA Similar Grizzly Jacks Grand Be, Best Western Oglesby I, Willows Hotel & The Bistr, Holiday Inn Express Hotel & S, Days Inn Oglesby/ Starved R | ||
Hotel Kaskaskia is a historic building in LaSalle, Illinois. The hotel was designed by Marshall and Fox and named for the Kaskaskia Indian Village. The six-story hotel at 217 Marquette Street opened in 1915. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel hosted WJBC (AM).
Some guests arrived via the Rock Island "Rocket" train from Chicago. Celebrity guests included Amelia Earhart, Galli Curoi, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
The building was closed up in 2001. It also appears to have been used an independent living facility. As of 2010 it was being restored as a hotel, museum and convention center.
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