Ruebel Hotel

United States historic place


Ruebel Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


38°58′11″N 90°25′56″W / 38.96972°N 90.43222°W / 38.96972; -90.43222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913 (1913)
Architectural style	Commercial
MPS	Grafton MPS
NRHP reference No.	94000015^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1994

The Ruebel Hotel is a historic hotel located at 207–215 E. Main St. in Grafton, Illinois. Built in 1913, the structure is the second hotel building on the site; the original Ruebel Hotel was built in 1879 and burned down in 1912. The Commercial style building features decorative brickwork typical of the style; the building's cornice has brick corbelling, and raised brick panels decorate the space above the second-story brick arched windows. The hotel, which also included a saloon and a restaurant, gained a reputation as one of the best in Jersey County. It is the only surviving hotel in Grafton.^[2]

The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1994.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Edwards, Alice; Kummer, Karen L. (November 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ruebel Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved July 25, 2014.