Radisson Hotel Baltimore Downtown-Inner Harbor

Radisson Hotel Baltimore Downtown-Inner Harbor

In 2008, as the Sheraton Baltimore City Center
Hotel chain Radisson Hotels
General information
Location Baltimore, Maryland
Address 101 West Fayette Street
Coordinates 39°17′24″N 76°37′2″W / 39.29000°N 76.61722°W / 39.29000; -76.61722Coordinates: 39°17′24″N 76°37′2″W / 39.29000°N 76.61722°W / 39.29000; -76.61722
Opening 1967
Design and construction
Architect William B. Tabler
Other information
Number of rooms 706
Website
The two towers of the hotel

The Radisson Hotel Baltimore Downtown-Inner Harbor is a high-rise hotel complex located in Baltimore, Maryland. The complex contains two nearly identical towers, rising to 302 feet/92 meters, containing 27 floors and making them among the tallest buildings in Baltimore.

The hotel opened as The Statler Hilton Baltimore in 1967 with one tower, containing 352 rooms.[1] The Statler Hilton was a part of the Charles Center urban renewal project. The sponsors and developers, the Hilton Hotels Corporation and the Metropolitan Structures, Inc., signed a contract on July 25, 1964. The hotel was expected to cost $12 million and to contain 500 to 800 rooms in two towers. The first tower was scheduled to be completed by mid-1966.[2] The head architect of the project was William B. Tabler; a famous hotel architect who designed Statler Hiltons throughout the country.[3] The second tower was a later addition.

The hotel eventually became the Baltimore Hilton. In 1984, it was renamed the Omni International Baltimore, in 2000 the Wyndham Baltimore, and in 2006 the Sheraton Baltimore City Center.[4] The hotel left Sheraton on May 29, 2014, and was renamed the Baltimore Harbor Hotel. It joined Radisson Hotels in 2016 and was renamed the Radisson Hotel Baltimore Downtown-Inner Harbor on May 18, 2016.[5]

The hotel was the site of a 1980 Presidential debate between Ronald Reagan and John B. Anderson.[1]

The North Tower has 23 floors and the South Tower has 27 floors.


References

  1. 1 2 Statler Hilton Baltimore | Baltimore will have two Sheraton hotels - tribunedigital-baltimoresun
  2. ↑ "Baltimore to Get Theater and Hotel." The New York Times, July 26,1964. Proquest Historical Newspaper: The New York times with index, pg. 34. (accessed December 7, 2015).
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Architecture: Design, Engineering, and Construction, s.v. "Tabler, William B," Vol 5. (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990.)
  4. ↑ Columbia Sussex Planning to Rebrand the 707 room Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor to Sheraton; Reflagging Will Be the Hotel's Fourth Brand / March 2006
  5. ↑ http://www.hotelnewsresource.com/article89356.html
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