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The Blackstone Hotel (Chicago, Illinois)

USA / Illinois / Chicago / Chicago, Illinois / South Michigan Avenue, 636
 hotel, landmark, high-rise, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1909_construction, Beaux-Arts (architecture)

636 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
(312) 447-0955
www.theblackstonehotel.com/

The Blackstone Hotel is a part of the Historic Michigan Boulevard District in the Loop community area of Chicago. With a height of 290 ft (88 m) and 22 floors, it was built from 1908 to 1910 at a cost of $1,500,000. It incorporates elements of the Second Empire and Beaux-Arts architectural styles. Designed by Marshall and Fox and named for Timothy Blackstone, it was owned by John Drake and Tracy Drake until 1932. It was briefly refurbished in time for the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. From the 1950s to the 1970s, it operated as the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel. The hotel closed in 2000 and fell into disrepair. From 2005 to 2008, the Blackstone Hotel underwent a $128,000,000 renovation. The Blackstone has 332 guest rooms, including 4 suites, and also has a restaurant, a Starbucks cafe, a health club, and 9 meeting rooms totaling 11,396 sq ft (1,059 sq m).

The term "smoke-filled room" is said to have originated from a political meeting in one of the hotel's guest rooms, which was preserved during the renovation.

The Blackstone Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986 and was designated as a Chicago Landmark on May 29, 1998.
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Coordinates:   41°52'24"N   87°37'29"W
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