{"nrhp_refnum":"82002594","name":"Pere Marquette Hotel","other_names":["Peoria Hilton"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"501 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peoria","county":"Peoria County","state":"IL","lat":40.69378037100006,"lon":-89.59192907399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 14-story hotel at 501 Main Street in Peoria, Illinois, designed by Horace Trumbauer of Philadelphia with Peoria architect Herbert Hewitt and built in 1926; it opened January 5, 1927 and was last known as the Peoria Hilton.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is an authentic survivor of the grand architecture and ornate public spaces of leading Eastern hotels of the 1920s, most of which have been demolished or altered. It holds George M. Harding murals and original plaster detail. It has also been a centre of Peoria's cultural, civic and commercial life, and was the largest convention hotel outside Chicago in the 1950s and 60s.","narrative":"Rising 14 stories above Main Street, the Pere Marquette Hotel is a landmark of Peoria's downtown skyline. Built in 1926 and opened in January 1927, it was designed by Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer in collaboration with Peoria's Herbert Hewitt. Local business leaders, led by Emmet May, wanted a first-class hotel for the city's social and civic life after the loss of its coliseum. The brick and stone exterior carries carved Indian and animal faces, and the lobby-level rooms include a ballroom with a domed ceiling, plaster festoons and a mural by George M. Harding showing LaSalle's departure from France. The hotel was reported to be the largest convention property outside Chicago in the 1950s and 60s, and hosted several presidents. Later remodelings in 1954, 1966 and 1972 concealed parts of the lobby and covered the grand entrance, but the upper exterior and many interior features survived. It was listed as an example of 1920s hotel grandeur and a centre of local civic life.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Horace Trumbauer, Herbert Hewitt and Frank Emerson","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the property as occupied, with work in progress; the exterior above the second floor is intact, and the ground floor and lobby were altered in 1954, 1966 and 1972, with restoration planned.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.453587-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/8938/28893841/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/82002594.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002594/a7c76ddb19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002594/a7c76ddb19-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.5","author":"Robert Lawton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pere_Marquette_Hotel.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Lawton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.5</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pere_Marquette_Hotel.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100002825","name":"Downtown Peoria Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/downtown-peoria-historic-district-100002825/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893841","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoria_Marriott_Pere_Marquette","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7167744"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/peoria-county/pere-marquette-hotel-82002594/"}