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1/8/1996
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8652-96
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62-94
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The LaSalle Hotel on the southwest corner of LaSalle and Michigan Streets, is a <br /> nine story hotel constructed of stretcher bond laid brick with terra-cotta trim. <br /> The first and second floors on the east and north facades are treated as one floor. <br /> The windows and doorways are flanked by spiral columns and surmounted by round-arched <br /> windows with tracery, voussoirs and keystones. A projecting string course separates <br /> the second floor from the third floor which has terra-cotta window surrounds, as do <br /> the single end bay windows and the ninth floor windows. A projecting string course <br /> separates the eighth and ninth floors and the building is surmounted by a wide <br /> overhanging cornice. [3] <br /> The plan for the first and second floors is rectangular. Floors three through nine <br /> are U-shaped; with the opening to the south. The structure is Renaissance Revival <br /> in style. This style is typified by three part construction. The first story features <br /> a series of regular, repeated fenestration. After the projecting string course stories <br /> three through eight are unadorned. After another projecting string course which marks <br /> the ninth floor the building is surmounted by a heavy cornice. The windows on the <br /> first floor are large, fixed sash plates with multi-light side lights. Other windows <br /> are double hung sash in pairs. <br /> HISTORIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> Built in 1921, the LaSalle Hotel replaced an earlier hotel on the same site, the 1840 <br /> Sheridan House. When built, the hotel contained 233 rooms, several dining rooms for <br /> club use and a cafeteria. Located directly across from the Chicago, South Bend and <br /> South Shore Railroad station, it was the first of three hotels at the intersection <br /> which catered to disembarking passengers. In 1930, when the adjacent Hoffman Hotel <br /> was built to the west, an enclosed second story connector was built between the Hoffman <br /> and LaSalle Hotels on LaSalle Street. <br /> The LaSalle Hotel is an excellent example of the larger commercial structures that <br /> were built in South Bend in the early twentieth century. The structure is a blend <br /> of the Chicago School and Renaissance Revival. The only exterior changes to the building <br /> are new aluminum framed entrances on each street facade and aluminum storm windows. <br /> Through the years the building has also housed a variety of businesses such as cigar <br /> stores, newsstands, barbers and dry cleaners. Since 1975 the LaSalle Hotel has been <br /> owned by Charismatic Renewal Services, Inc. <br /> Chip Frederick <br /> June, 1994 <br /> • <br />
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