Contents

Hotel Belleville

Hotel Belleville
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Show map of Illinois Show map of the United States
Location	16 S. Illinois St., Belleville, Illinois
Coordinates	38°30′47″N 89°59′03″W / 38.51306°N 89.98417°W / 38.51306; -89.98417
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]