LaSalle Hotel

237 North Michigan Street

  • Date: 1921
  • Style: Renaissance Revival
  • District: Downtown Historic Registry

The LaSalle Hotel is a nine-story building constructed of light brick with terra-cotta trim. Built in 1921, LaSalle Hotel replaced the 1840 Sheridan House hotel on the same site. LaSalle Hotel offered 233 rooms, several dining rooms for club use, and a cafeteria. Located directly across from the Chicago, South Bend and South Shore Railroad station, it was the first of three hotels at the intersection that catered to disembarking passengers. In 1930, when the adjacent Hoffman Hotel was constructed to the west, an enclosed second-story connector was built between the Hoffman and the LaSalle Hotels on LaSalle Avenue. Architecturally, LaSalle Hotel is an excellent example of the larger commercial structures that were built in South Bend in the early 20th-century. A blend of the Chicago School and Renaissance Revival, it is one of only a few buildings in downtown which retains its original street-level windows.

Full List of Properties

237 North Michigan Street

Image credit: The History Museum

Image credit: The History Museum
Image credit: The History Museum
Image credit: The History Museum
Image credit: Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County