Hotel Kaskaskia is a historic building in

LaSalle, Illinois LaSalle is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, located at the intersection of Interstates 39 and 80. It is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. Originally platted in 1837 over , the city's boundaries have grown to ...

. The hotel was designed by Marshall and Fox and named for the Kaskaskia Indian Village. The six-story hotel at 217 Marquette Street opened in 1915. It is listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. The hotel hosted WJBC (AM). Some guests arrived via the Rock Island "Rocket" train from Chicago.Steve Stou
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, Spike Jones & His City Slickers, Galli Curoi, and Admiral

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. The building was closed up in 2001. It also appears to have been used an independent living facility. As of 2010 it was being restored as a hotel, museum and convention center.

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Kaskaskia Hotel website
{{National Register of Historic Places Colonial Revival architecture in Illinois Hotel buildings completed in 1915 Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in LaSalle County, Illinois

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