Hotel Windermere
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Hotel Windermere was a hotel in the Hyde Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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| Hotel Windermere | |
|---|---|
Hotel Windermere East | |
 Interactive map of the Hotel Windermere area | |
General information | |
| Location | Hyde Park, Chicago |
| Opening | 1892 |
| Closed | 1959 (Wimdermere West); 1981 (Windermere East) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Rapp & Rapp |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 482 |
The hotel was located at 56th Street and Cornell Avenue, and was built in 1892 for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. In 1924, it was rebuilt with a West and East hotel under Rapp and 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, and American football teams.[1][2]
Hotel Windermere West was demolished in 1959 to make way for a parking lot. Hotel Windermere East was converted into apartments in 1981 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 under the title Hotel Windermere East.[2]
