| Shabbona Hotel | |
| Coordinates: | 41.7681°N -88.8725°W |
| Added: | May 6, 2021 |
| Refnum: | 100006489[1] |
The Shabbona Hotel is a historic hotel building at 104 West Comanche Street in Shabbona, Illinois. Built in 1897 by L. C. Card, the hotel was the second in Shabbona; the first, the Shabbona House, opened in 1874 and burned down in 1894. The two-story vernacular brick building had ten rooms in addition to two apartments, a living space for its owners, and a restaurant in its basement. It provided lodging to both out-of-town visitors and the many workers on Shabbona's two railroad lines, one of which was adjacent to the hotel. The hotel also served as a meeting place for Shabbona residents, and visiting optometrists provided eye exams and services from the hotel. In the 1930s, the hotel was converted to apartments.[2]
The hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 2021.[1]