Starr Hotel

	Starr Hotel
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	1913--1923 Western Ave., Mattoon, Illinois
Coordinates	39°28′59″N 88°22′44″W / 39.48306°N 88.37889°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1888
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	94000975
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1994

The Starr Hotel is a historic hotel building located at 1913-1923 Western Avenue in Mattoon, Illinois. Businessman George M. Custer built the hotel in 1888. The hotel primarily housed workers on Mattoon's three railroads: the Illinois Central, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis (Big Four), and the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville. Mattoon's economy was primarily based on railroad traffic; the city expanded greatly after the Illinois Central and Big Four opened in the 1850s, its railroad yards employed hundreds of workers, and multiple industries grew in Mattoon due to its railroad access. While the hotel mainly housed railroad workers, it also catered to other working-class groups, such as seasonal broom corn workers and hobos. The hotel became a boarding house in the 1920s, and its upper floors closed entirely in the 1960s; its first floor is still a commercial property. The building is one of two surviving working-class hotels in Mattoon.^[2]

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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Armstrong, John R. and Cheryl L. (May 4, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Starr Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2014.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Armstrong, John R. and Cheryl L. (May 4, 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Starr Hotel" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2014.

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