DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Billings explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crowne Plaza Billings. https://web.archive.org/web/20061214104256/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=sheratonbillingshotel-billings-mt-usa. dead. December 14, 2006. 2008-07-10. Emporis.com.
  2. Web site: Crowne Plaza Billings. 2008-07-10. SkyscraperPage.com.
  3. Web site: DoubleTree by Hilton Billings, Billings | 128840 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021232341/http://www.emporis.com/building/crowne-plaza-billings-mt-usa . dead . October 21, 2012 . Emporis . 2022-05-03.
  4. Web site: DoubleTree by Hilton Opens its First Hotel in Montana's Largest City. 24 August 2016.