Inn at Lincoln Park
| Inn at Lincoln Park | |
|---|---|
 1916 Illustration from the Chicago Tribune | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 601 W. Diversey Parkway, Chicago, Illinois |
| Coordinates | 41°53′55.8″N 87°38′08.1″W / 41.898833°N 87.635583°W |
| Completed | 1916 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Robert C. Berlin |
| Website | |
| http://www.innlp.com/ | |
The Inn at Lincoln Park is a hotel at 601 W. Diversey in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.
History
[edit]Originally called the Bentmere Hotel, the building was built in 1916 at a cost of $150,000.[1][2] It was designed by Robert C. Berlin and was originally owned by Leon A. Bentley.[1][2][3] Vincent Drucci resided at the Bentmere for a time.[4] By the 1990s, the building was a Comfort Inn,[5] and by 2004, it was the Inn at Lincoln Park.[6][7] Plans to demolish the building and construct a new larger hotel were put forward in 2004 and 2014, and faced significant community opposition.[8][9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Some New Chicago Beauty Spots", Chicago Tribune. March 5, 1916. p. 24.
- ^ a b Chase, Al. "Plan Diversey Parkway Hotel to Cover Block", Chicago Tribune. November 19, 1921. p. 14.
- ^ The American Contractor. Vol. 37, No. 10. March 4, 1916. p. 54. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ Keefe, Rose (2003). Guns and Roses: The Untold Story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's Big Shot Before Al Capone. Cumberland House Publishing. p. 243. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ "Prior illness may have killed student", Chicago Tribune. May 20, 1996. Section 2, p. 3.
- ^ Roeder, David. "Condo complex touted for Lincoln Park parcel", Chicago Sun-Times. July 21, 2004. p. 69.
- ^ Jeffers, Glenn. "Rooms with a neighborhood view", Chicago Tribune. May 18, 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
- ^ Roeder, David; Spielman, Fran. "Owner plans bigger Lincoln Park hotel - Wants to tear down Inn and replace it with 192-room building", Chicago Sun-Times. February 20, 2004. p. 66.
- ^ Biasco, Paul. "Hampton Inn the Third Major Development Slated for Diversey Block Archived 2021-06-19 at the Wayback Machine", DNAinfo. December 17, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Butler, Patrick. "Despite neighborhood opposition, plans for new hotel at 601 W. Diversey moving forward", Inside-Booster. December 30, 2015. p. 2.