The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
| The Bellevue | |
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Bellevue Stratford Hotel
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(1976)
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 39°56′55.76″N 75°9′54.62″W / 39.9488222°N 75.1651722°W |
| Built | 1902-04 |
| Architect |
G. W. & W. D. Hewitt Hewitt & Paist |
| Architectural style | French Renaissance |
| NRHP Reference # | 77001182 |
| Added to NRHP | March 24, 1977 |
| Former names | Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, The Fairmont Philadelphia, The Westin Bellevue-Stratford, Hotel Atop the Bellevue, Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue |
| Alternative names | Bellevue-Stratford Hotel |
| General information | |
| Address | 200 S. Broad Street |
| Town or city | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Country |
United States Building details |
| Hotel chain | Hyatt |
United States
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street at the corner of Walnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1904, it has continued as a well-known institution for more than a century and is still widely known by that original, historic name. The hotel closed in 1986 and the building was converted to a mixed-use development in 1988. It has been known since then as The Bellevue. The hotel portion has undergone minor name changes since reopening in 1989. It is currently managed by Hyatt as Hyatt at The Bellevue.
Prussian immigrant George C. Boldt and his Philadelphia-born wife, Louise Kehrer Boldt, opened an earlier facility, the Bellevue Hotel, in 1881. Louise's father, William Kehrer, steward of The Philadelphia Club, had engaged Boldt as his assistant steward at the time of the 1876 Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. Boldt and Louise Kehrer wed shortly thereafter. Prominent members of the Philadelphia Club assisted the couple in setting up their own hotel, the Bellevue, at the northwest corner of Broad and Walnut Streets. A small hotel, it quickly became nationally known for its high standard of service, elite clientele, and fine cuisine - it is believed that Chicken à la King was created in the 1890s by hotel cook William "Bill" King. The Boldts expanded by acquiring the Stratford Hotel at the southwest corner of Broad and Walnut. The Stratford was demolished and the old Bellevue supplanted by construction of the grand Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, designed in the French Renaissance style by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt. These Philadelphia architects also designed the Boldts' famous landmark residence, Boldt Castle in the Thousand Islands.
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