Transit House (Chicago, Illinois)

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Transit House

Designed by architects Burling and Baumann, and constructed in 1854 at a cost of $125,000 the six story, 300 room hotel was originally named the Hough House after Colonel Rosell M. Hough the founder of the Chicago Union Stock Yards. Boasting one of Chicago's better restaurants, the Transit House catered to millionaire capitalists, cattle kings, stock raisers and other well to do business men from Texas, Montana, Wyoming and corn belt farmers. The hotel was destroyed by fire on January 5, 1912.

Stock Yard Inn

In 1912, immediately following the destruction of the Transit House, a three story, 175 room, Tudor style hotel named the Stock Yard Inn was erected on the site. Featuring dining and private meeting rooms, the hotel served stockmen and others in the livestock trade. Due to its location next to the International Amphitheatre it also hosted other important personages including Presidents Roosevelt, Coolidge, Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. Following the closing of the stock yards in 1971 business declined and the Inn was demolished in 1977.

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