The 1915 Inman Hotel is a former

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

building in

Champaign, Illinois Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metro ...

, United States. It is located at the southeast corner of University Avenue and Walnut Street, a major intersection in the downtown area of Champaign. 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 ...

. The Inman Hotel was listed on the Register in 1989.

Architecture

The building is six stories tall and of

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style architecture in glazed yellow brick with beige

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trim. Initially constructed with only five stories, a sixth floor was added only a few years later. Due to the shape of the lot on which it is situated, the east wall of the building is 32 feet longer than the west wall, resulting in the northeast and northwest corners not meeting at right angles. The building is 80 feet wide, and the shorter west wall is 100 feet long.HAARGIS Database

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Historic Preservation Agency, retrieved February 15, 2008.

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National Register nomination
{{National Register of Historic Places Buildings and structures in Champaign, Illinois Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Champaign County, Illinois