| DoubleTree by Hilton | |
| Start Date: | 1979 |
| Completion Date: | 1980 |
| Building Type: | Hotel, Restaurant |
| Location: | 27 North 27th Street, Billings, Montana, United States |
| Coordinates: | 45.7822°N -108.5037°W |
| Roof: | 245feet |
| Antenna Spire: | 256feet |
| Floor Count: | 22 |
| Elevator Count: | 6 guest and 2 service |
| Architect: | Harrison G. Fagg & Associates |
| Highest Region: | Montana |
| Highest Start: | 1980 |
| Highest End: | 1985 |
| Highest Next: | First Interstate Center |
The DoubleTree by Hilton, formerly known as The Crowne Plaza and before that, the Sheraton Billings Hotel, is a high-rise located in the Downtown Business District of Billings, Montana, United States. It is the second-tallest building in the northern Rocky Mountain region and was the tallest from 1980 - 1985 until the completion of the First Interstate Center, also in Billings. Construction started on the building in 1979 and was completed in 1980; it rises 245feet in height. It is used primarily for hotel space, and is the tallest hotel building in Montana.
The DoubleTree is unusual among high-rises in that it is built almost entirely of bricks in an applied masonry facade; the structure contains 2,372,982 red clay bricks that were formed in an 1869 kiln.[1] [2] Upon its completion in 1980, the building was declared the tallest load-bearing brick structure in the world by the Brick Institute of America.[2] The building has twenty two above ground floors with a fine dining restaurant on the twentieth floor. It is connected to a seven level city parking garage and the historic grand building via sky bridges.[3] In 2016, the name changed from ″Crowne Plaza″ to ″DoubleTree by Hilton.″[4]