Lodging

"World's Fair Hotels.—A large number of great hotels are provided for the accommodation of visitors in the vicinity of the Exposition. The rates charged for rooms vary from $i.ooto $5.00 per day; from $7.00 to $25.00 per week. These rates are regulated to a" great extent by the character of the rooms required, their location, etc. Following are the leading hotels of the Exposition center. [This information is given simply as a matter of reference for visitors. The Official Guide assumes no responsibility in this connection.—Compiler.] //Columbian// //Central Hotel,// Sixty-second street, one block west of the central gate of the Columbian Exposition, at Stony Island avenue and Sixty-second street, convenient to the Exposition. The hotel is conducted on the European plan, having in connection the Columbian Central Cafe; 300 rooms; rates $1.00 per day and upwards. //Exhibitors' Union Hotels,// location Stony Island avenue, between Seventy-first and Seventy-third streets; constructed as World's Fair hotels, to be converted into apartment houses at the close of the Exposition. Ten buildings, at a cost of $25,000 each, are thrown into one. Each build_ing is 94x115 feet, three stories high. The rooms of the various structures are retained by some firm exhibiting at the Fair, or outside firm or society. The ten buildings contain over 1,000 rooms. //Exposition Depot ffotel,// Seipp avenue'and Seventieth street; three-story-frame; 400 roo'ms. //Family Dormitory,// Seventy-fifth street and Yates avenue; twostory frame, with 700 rooms. A wing 6oxno feet contains the diningroom and kitchen. //fraternity.// Seventy-first street, opposite Bond avenue, is a temporary frame building, 190 feet square, three stories high; 330 rooms. //Great Eastern,// covers the entire block surrounded by Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets and St. Lawrence and Champlain avenues. The building was extended on the street lines, with a great court in the center of the block. Built of staff, its general appearance resembles that of the Fair buildings in the park; 1,100 rooms; has accommodations for 2,500 people. //Great North-western Hotel,// Madison avenue and Sixty-eighth street; four stories high; 600 rooms. //Hotel Boston,// Fifty-fifth street and Jackson avenue; four stories high; brick and stone; 175 rooms. //Hotel Dutilap,//-1,200 feet on Sixty-third street and 167 on Madison avenue, is of pressed brick and brown stone, marble hallways, and rooms finished in antique oak; five stories high and an imposing structure; 170 rooms. //Hotel Endeavor,// Bond avenue, Seventyfifth street and the lake front; a large temporary structure intended as headquarters for the various Christian Endeavor societies; in the form of a hollow square, surrounding a court 217x242 feet, in which is a chapel for concerts, lectures and meetings; three stories, and has eight towers of four stories each; 620 rooms, and a dining-room 60x200 feet. //Hotel Ef-worth,// headquarters for the General Board of Control, "The Epworth Herald," and Methodists generally; corner Monroe avenue and Midway Plaisance; a four-story structure 280 feet long by 178 feet in depth, with an exterior of staff; rates $1.00 per day for each person member of the association; rate to those not members $2.00 per day; two persons expected to occupy the same room; a large restaurant'is attached. //Hotel Monroe,// Monroe avenue, between Fifty-fifth and Fiftysixth streets; six-story stone, with terra cotta -trimmings; 670 room's; cost nearly half a million dollars. The court is entered by a driveway, the floors are mosaic, the wainscoting is marble, and there is a marble stairway. //Hotel Renfost,// Cottage Grove avenue, between Fifty-first and Fifty-second streets; of chocolate colored brick, with stone trimmings, seven stories high 5400 rooms. //Hotel South Shore,// Bond avenue and Seventy-third street; four-story frame structure covered with metal lathing and staff; 1,000 rooms. There is an auditorium, with a seating capacity of 1,500, where religious services are held. //Hotel Thomas No. i,// Sixtieth street and Madison avenue, is of Portland granite; four stories; 300 rooms. //Hotel Thomas No. 2,// Ellis avenue and Sixtieth street, is similar to No. I; 214 rooms, and is four stories high. //Hotel Thomas No. 3,// Sixtieth street, between Drexel and Wharton, is also similar to No. i; six stories high; 114 rooms. //Hotel Veteran,// opposite the Security, is a four-story frame, 230x327 feet, of 700 rooms; has barracks, rooms for meetings, and is intended for G. A. R. men and their families. //Howard Apartments,// Sixty-first street and Washington avenue, and Sixty-first place, near Washington avenue; convenient to Sixty-first street, electric car line and Sixty-third street elevated station. A cafd is operated in connection with the main building; $2.00 to $5.00 a day; two persons may occupy the same room without^extra charge. //King Alfkonso Hotel,// located on Sixty-third street, at the terminus of the elevated railway at the World's Fair grounds; European plan, to accommodate the traveling public and especially World's Fair visitors; rates $1.00 to $2.00 per day for lodgings; can accommodate 300-people. //Knox World's Fair Hotel,// Seventy.-ninth street and Duncan avenue; two-story frame; 600 rooms. //Lafayette,// one block west of the Exposition grounds, corner Sixtieth place and Hope avenue; five-story building; capacity about 500 per day; rates from $2.00 to $5.00 per day. //Letter Hotel,// erected by T. Benton Leiter; capacity 1,000 people; Jackson Park Terrace, near Exposition grounds. //Leland's Chicago Beach Hotel,// Fifty-first street and East End avenue; six-story brick; 400 rooms. The dining room, 75x115 feet, is a separate building. //Louisiana,// opposite the Exposition Depot Hotel; four-story frame; 300 rooms. //Manitoba Exhibit Hotel,// Stony Island avenue, near Fifty-ninth street; a four-story frame, 90x240 feet; 300 rooms. //Merchants' and Business Men's World's Fair Club,// occupies two acres of land fronting south on Seventy-second street, fi //re// blocks immediately south of World's Fair grounds; one-half of ground occupied; each room provided with double bedstead, woven wire spring mattress, two pillows, one pair blankets, two chairs, one washstand, with bowl, pitcher, etc., and one mirror; contract price $1.00 per night for each room, regardless of number of persons occupying the same; terms to transients $2.00 per day; rooms kept in order, water supplied, etc.; location very convenient, via Illinois Central to Exposition grounds. //Montreal,// Madison avenue, between Sixty-second and Sixtythird streets; four-story brick and stone structure; rates from $1.00 per day upward; accommodates 400 guests. //Pullman,// Fifty-fifth street entrance to Fair; large and conveniently arranged. //Raymond & Whitcomb Grand,// Fifty-ninth street, between Madison and Washington avenues; 500 rooms. //San Salvador,// Sheridan avenue, near Exposition grounds; capacity about 150 people; high class; rates $15.00 per week. //Savoy,// 257 Sixty-sixth street, between Stony Island and Hope avenues; small family hotel; rates $2.00 per day. //Security,// Seventy-third street and Stony "island avenue; four-story frame; 300 rooms. //To-wer Hotel,// Woodlawn terrace, between Stony Island and Hope avenues; six stories and basement; stone and brick; 200 rooms. //Vendome Club,// Oglesby .avenue and Sixty-second street; eight stories and basement; 3°o rooms; roof garden where refreshments are served. //Vermont,// Fifty-first street and Cottage Grove avenue; eight-story brick; 300 rooms. //Waukesha,// Sixty-fourth street; 300 rooms. //Western Reserve,// Wharton avenue, between Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth streets; three-story brick. //White House,// headquarters for shoe men, commercial travelers, etc., 5481 Madison avenue; capacity 600 guests. //Woman's Dormitory,// Ellis avenue, between Sixty-second and Sixty-third streets; 800 rooms. //W. W. Ingram Hotel,// northwest corner Washington avenue and Sixtieth street,six-story brick; dining room seats 1,500 persons." //"Hotels in Chicago// may be divided Into three classes. The first class includes such houses as the Auditorium, Richelieu, Leland, Great Northern, Victoria, Palmer, Grand Pacific, Sherman, Tremont, Wellington, etc., etc. The second class includes such houses as Gore's, Kuhn's, Windsor, Grand Union, Saratoga, Brevoort, Burke's, etc. The third class includes the cheap grade of hotels to be found on Clark and State sts. and Wabash ave. on the South side, Madison, VanBuren and other streets on the West side, and on Wells, Clark and other streets on the North side. First class rates $3.00 per day and upward; second class rates $2.00 per day and upward; third class rates $1.00 per day and upward." //"Family Hotels.//—Outside of either of the classes mentioned above there are a large number of "family hotels," so called, because they cater less to commercial transients than to regular hotel boarders. Among these might be mentioned the Drexel, Woodruff, Hyde Park, Holland, Lexington, Metropole, Virginia, Plaza, etc. Arrangements are usually made for accommodations at the family hotels for terms running from a week to a month. The visitor must bear in mind that the hotels of Chicago are divided, in a general sense, into two classes— those conducted on the American and those conducted on the European plan. In the American hotels the rate per day includes table fare also; in the European hotels the rate per day covers rooms only." //"(rood Rooms// in the leading European hotels where rooms and meals are paid for separately, can be obtained from $1.00 to $3.00 per day. At many respectable hotels of an unpretentious class good rooms may be had from 50 to 75 cents per day. Restaurant meals may be had at from 25 to 50 cents. Hotel meals are served at from 50 cents to $1.00. //Private Boarding Houses.//—Prices range for room with board from $5.00 to $10.00 per week. At the latter price excellent accommodations may be obtained in any of the best neighborhoods in the city. Boarding houses may be found advertised in large numbers in the daily newspapers. An advertisement for a boarding house will receive numerous responses. Select some place, if possible, south of Twenty-second St., and east of Wabash ave.; north of Chicago ave. and east of Wells St.; west of Ashland ave., or south of Madison to Jackson, or north of Madison to Park ave.; the farther west the better. Do not be afraid of g.etting away from the center of the city. Rapid transit is available in all sections, and points of interest are brought within easy access by cable and elevated railroads." [] []

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