Hotel Windermere was a hotel in Hyde Park, Chicago, United States, located at 56th Street and Cornell Avenue. It was built in 1892 for the Columbian Exposition. In 1924 it was rebuilt with a West and East hotel under Rapp & Rapp, who also built the Chicago Theatre and the Tivoli Theatre. The 12-story hotel had 482 guest rooms and 200 apartments and had a tunnel connecting the two hotels. Over the years Windermere East attracted guests such as John Rockefeller, Philip Roth, George Burns and Gracie Allen,[1] and American football teams. Windermere West was demolished in 1959 to make way for a parking lot, and in 1981 Windermere East was converted into apartments and placed on the National Register of Historic Places a year later under the title Hotel Windermere East.[2]
| Hotel Windermere | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Hotel Windermere East | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Hyde Park, Chicago |
| Opening | 1892 |
| Closed | 1959 (Wimdermere West); 1981 (Windermere East) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Rapp & Rapp |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 482 |
See also
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edit- ^ Mannion, Annemarie. "TOUCH OF HISTORY". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ^ Hudson, Leslie (2003). Hyde Park. Arcadia Publishing. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7385-3198-4.
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