21c Museum Hotel
by Deborah Berke (renovation)
About this landmark
World's first contemporary art museum / hotel hybrid. Five restored cast-iron-facade buildings on West Main repurposed in 2006 with 9,000 sq ft of exhibition space and a 30-foot replica of Michelangelo's David out front.
From Wikipedia
21c Museum Hotels
Boutique hotel chain
21c Museum Hotels is a contemporary art museum and boutique hotel chain based in Louisville, Kentucky. The chain also has locations in Lexington, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Bentonville, Arkansas; Durham, North Carolina; and St. Louis, Missouri. Each of these seven properties comprises a boutique hotel, a contemporary art museum, and a restaurant. It was acquired by the French hotel group Accor in July 2018 for $51 million.
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Details
- Year Built
- 1850
- Architect
- Deborah Berke (renovation)
- Style
- Cast-Iron / Adaptive Reuse
- Period
- Antebellum
- Era
- 1850s
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