Looking North At East Side of Courthouse Square, Virginia, Illinois
A view of the east side of Virginia's Courthouse Square looking north on S. Main St. from E. Beardstown St. The most notable building on this block is the former Hotel Mann on the corner. When it opened in 1896, the Hotel Mann was considered an upscale hotel with twenty-five rooms, steam heat, electric lights, and private baths with hot and cold water. The exterior of the building is upscale too, with the upper floors decorated in ornamental sheet-metal panels produced by Mesker Brothers Iron Works of St. Louis, Missouri.
I never found a date when the hotel closed, but I'm certain it was decades ago. The ground floor is now configured as retail space, with apartments now on the second and third floors.
Looking North At East Side of Courthouse Square, Virginia, Illinois
A view of the east side of Virginia's Courthouse Square looking north on S. Main St. from E. Beardstown St. The most notable building on this block is the former Hotel Mann on the corner. When it opened in 1896, the Hotel Mann was considered an upscale hotel with twenty-five rooms, steam heat, electric lights, and private baths with hot and cold water. The exterior of the building is upscale too, with the upper floors decorated in ornamental sheet-metal panels produced by Mesker Brothers Iron Works of St. Louis, Missouri.
I never found a date when the hotel closed, but I'm certain it was decades ago. The ground floor is now configured as retail space, with apartments now on the second and third floors.