| 词条 | Galena Hotel |
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| name = Fox River House | image = Fox River House Aurora IL.JPG | caption = Galena Hotel in 2011 | location = 166 W. Galena Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, United States | coordinates = {{coord|41|45|32|N|88|19|4|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Illinois#USA | built = 1862 | architect = | architecture = | refnum = 76000710 | added = May 4, 1976 | governing_body = Private residence }} The Galena Hotel, originally known as the Fox River House, is a historic hotel in Aurora, Illinois. It is the oldest hotel still standing in the city. HistoryBy the 1850s, Aurora was a major manufacturing and milling center in the Fox River valley. The Chicago-Galena State Road, which carried stagecoaches from Chicago to northwestern Illinois, passed through town and provided a means of commerce. The first Fox River House was constructed in 1857 along this road for A. N. and G. Pierce. A fire destroyed the hotel in 1860. E. D. Huntoon purchased the vacant lot two years later to rebuild the hotel. The hotel was known as an important local gathering place. Huntoon ran the hotel for twenty-six years until selling it.[1] The new owner renamed the hotel the Northwestern Hotel in 1888. It was renamed to the Grand Hotel when sold to a Mrs. Jones in 1907. The Koummoutseas family purchased the hotel in 1961 and again renamed it the Galena Hotel. It is the oldest hotel still standing in Aurora. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 4, 1976.[1] The structure is four stories tall plus a basement. The brick and limestone were locally fired and mined. Only the fourth floor remains consistent with the original design for the hotel, but little change has occurred on the exterior of the building.[1] This hotel was purchased by Nawab Khurram Khan & Dr. Shuja UL mulk in 1997 from Ms Besey Koummoutseas. The new owners of the property upgraded the rooms, furniture and fixtures painted the hallways, rooms. Upgraded the washrooms. The lobby was taken back to 1860 design, Removed all the paint from the staircase and brought to the original finish. The owners has plans to make this historic landmark hotel a presidential suite Hotel naming each suite for the different president from Illinois. References1. ^1 2 http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/200720.pdf {{commonscat|Galena Hotel}} 6 : Buildings and structures in Aurora, Illinois|National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Illinois|Hotel buildings completed in 1862|Hotels established in 1857|Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois|1857 establishments in Illinois |
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