Converted Historic Sites Make Great Hotels

Locations in this article:  Minneapolis, MN Portland, OR

From old factories to warehouses and other industrial buildings, lodgings that have been repurposed and resurrected are giving new meaning to the phrase “historic hotels.”

In Minnesota, the 214-room Westin Minneapolis was transformed from the Farmers & Mechanics Bank building and opened in 2007.

The Iron Horse Hotel in Milwaukee is a 100-year-old former warehouse that operated as a bedding company until 1927, then became a cold storage until 2005.

Now it’s not only a luxury hotel for business travelers, but it also caters to motorcycle enthusiasts.

It even offers a bike-shipping service.

You want to know why? Because it’s right next door to Harley-Davidson.

And last but not least, Kennedy School in Portland, which was opened in 1915, is now one of Portland’s hotel gems.

It was once an abandoned elementary school.

The hotel has 35 rooms that were formerly classrooms, and contain original chalkboards and bathrooms.

Talk about being kept after class!

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