Silversmith Hotel

United States historic place


Silversmith Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Silversmith Building
41°52′52″N 87°37′35″W / 41.88111°N 87.62639°W / 41.88111; -87.62639
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1897
Architect	Weber, Peter J.
Architectural style	Chicago school
NRHP reference No.	97000435^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 16, 1997

The Silversmith Hotel is a boutique hotel located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. It occupies the historic Silversmith Building, designed in 1896 by Peter J. Weber of the architectural firm of D.H. Burnham and Company, who also designed the Fisher Building. The building's architecture reflects the transition from Romanesque Revival architecture to Chicago school architecture.^[2] The Silversmith Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

It became a member of the National Registry of the Historic Hotels of America in 2016.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Baldwin, Susan M.; Warm, Jessica (December 1, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Silversmith Building" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
^ "The Silversmith Hotel". Retrieved April 9, 2020.