The Blackstone Hotel

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The Blackstone Hotel is a historic luxury hotel in Chicago renowned for its early 20th-century architecture and long association with political and cultural figures.

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instanceOf historic hotel
hotel
luxury hotel
address 636 South Michigan Avenue
architect Marshall and Fox
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Chicago School
linked to: Chicago school
ChicagoLandmarkDesignationYear 1998
city Chicago
constructionStart 1908
country United States
developer Tracy and John Drake
famousFor association with U.S. presidents
association with cultural figures
association with political figures
hasAmenity ballroom
fitness center
lounge
meeting rooms
hasHosted Calvin Coolidge
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Jimmy Carter
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Theodore Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
hasRestaurant Mercat a la Planxa
height approximately 71 meters
historicDesignation Chicago Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
hotelBrand Autograph Collection
knownFor role in 1920 Republican National Convention politics
smoke-filled room political meetings
locatedIn Illinois
United States
location Chicago
namedAfter Timothy Blackstone
near Lake Michigan
neighborhood Chicago Loop
nicknamed The Hotel of Presidents
notableFeature historic art collection
ornate lobby
terra cotta ornamentation on facade
NRHPListingYear 2006
numberOfFloors 22
numberOfRooms approximately 335
opened 1910
operator Marriott International
overlooks Grant Park
partOf Michigan Boulevard Historic District
renovated 2006
reopenedAfterRenovation 2008

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