LaSalle Hotel (South Bend, Indiana)

LaSalle Hotel
LaSalle Hotel, July 2012
Location237 N. Michigan, South Bend, Indiana
Coordinates41°40′44″N 86°15′2″W / 41.67889°N 86.25056°W / 41.67889; -86.25056
Arealess than one acre
Built1921 (1921)
Architectural styleChicago, Classical Revival
MPSDowntown South Bend Historic MRA
NRHP reference No.85001221[1]
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1985

LaSalle Hotel is a historic hotel building located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was built in 1921, and originally housed 223 hotel rooms. It is a nine-story, Commercial style brick building with terra cotta trim and a wide overhanging cornice. It is located next to the Hoffman Hotel[2]: 54  and across the street from where the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad's original South Bend station were once located. A tunnel connected the station and the hotel.[3]

The LaSalle Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved June 1, 2016. Note: This includes Elizabeth A. Straw and Karen Kiemnec (January 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown South Bend Historic MRA" (PDF). Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Palmer, John (2005). South Bend in Vintage Postcards. Postcard history series. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-7385-3435-0.