Congress Hotel
Congress Hotel may refer to: * Congress Plaza Hotel, hotel in Chicago * Canfield Casino and Congress Park, former hotel in Saratoga Springs * Congress Hotel (Portland, Oregon), demolished hotel in Portland * Hotel Congress The Hotel Congress is a federally-recognized historic building located in downtown Tucson, Arizona, Tucson. It was built in 1918 and designed by the Los Angeles architectural firm William and Alexander Curlett as part of an expansion of Congress ...

Congress Plaza Hotel
The Congress Plaza Hotel is located on South Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park in Chicago at 520 South Michigan Avenue. Its eleven story edifice was originally designed by architect Clinton J. Warren as an annex to the Auditorium Theater across the street. The two buildings were linked by a marble-lined underground passage called Peacock Alley. After opening for business in 1893, for the World's Columbian Exposition, the hotel underwent two major expansions and renovations, first in 1902 and then again in 1907 which brought the total complex up to . The design and construction of these two additions were overseen by the firm of Holabird & Roche. The hotel now features 871 guest rooms and suites. Through the 1930s the hotel was run by hotel industry pioneer Ralph Hitz's National Hotel Management Company. At this same time, part of the hotel was used as the location for a Benny Goodman NBC Radio Show.Congress Hotel History;http://www.congressplazahotel.com/history-en.html F ...
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Canfield Casino And Congress Park
Canfield Casino and Congress Park is a site in Saratoga Springs, New York, Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It was formerly the site of the Congress Hotel (also called Congress Hall), a large resort hotel, and the Congress Spring Bottling Plant, as well as Canfield Casino, which together brought Saratoga Springs international fame as a health spa and gambling site. At the peak of its popularity it was a place where the wealthy, major gamblers and stars of the entertainment world mingled. The park's artwork includes a statue by Daniel Chester French and landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted, among others. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as the Casino-Congress Park-Circular Street Historic District in 1972, and was then declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. The later listing excluded some of the property outside the park and halved the overall size of the district. Congress Park is a City of Saratoga Springs park, bound ...
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Congress Hotel (Portland, Oregon)
The Congress Hotel was a hotel in Portland, Oregon. It was designed by architect David L. Williams (architect), David L. Williams and completed in 1912. The building was later demolished and replaced by the Congress Center. Description and history Designed by architect David L. Williams (architect), David L. Williams, the 119-room hotel opened at the intersection of Southwest Sixth Avenue and Main Street in downtown Portland in 1912. Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy are among notable guests. The hotel remained family owned until 1977. Governor Robert W. Straub attended a "wake" for the building, before it was demolished in 1977 or 1978, and later replaced by the Orbanco Building (now known as the Congress Center). The Congress Hotel hosted the National Chrysanthemum Society's convention in 1958. In 2005, writers for ''Willamette Week'' described how the hotel was used by local government officials during the 1970s. Caryn B. Brooks and Steve Forrester wrote, "In those days, p ...
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