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Hotel Baker
Photo: G LeTourneau, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons · tap to enlarge
National Register of Historic Places

Hotel Baker

St. Charles’s first place on the National RegisterListed Dec 8, 1978; only 313 of Illinois’s 1,939 listings are older
Listed 1978St. Charles
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About Hotel Baker

Hotel Baker, at 100 W. Main St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 8, 1978: the first place in St. Charles to be listed. Only 313 of Illinois’s 1,939 listings are older. The Register lists it for its engineering and architecture, at the local level. Four more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isSt. Charles, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Kane County. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 40 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1928 to today

  1. 1928Built
  2. 1978Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 48 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 10 minutes

100 W. Main St., St. Charles · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Hotel BakerStart here
  2. 2St. Charles Municipal BuildingModerne · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3City BuildingEclecticism · next door
  4. 4Arcada Theater BuildingSpanish Colonial Revival · Built 1926 · next door
  5. 5Hunt HouseGreek Revival · 0.1 mi on
Around it

9 more Register listings within 2 miles

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BWilliam Beith HouseGreek Revival0.2 miBAndrew Weisel HouseGreek Revival · Built 18530.3 miBJoel H. Hulburd HouseGreek Revival0.4 miBPure Oil StationBuilding1.6 miDNorth Geneva Historic DistrictQueen Anne1.7 miDNorth Geneva Historic District (Boundary Decrease and Additional Documentation)District1.8 miDCentral Geneva Historic District (Boundary Increase)District1.9 miBDurant HouseBuilding1.9 miDCentral Geneva Historic DistrictDistrict2 mi

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Questions about Hotel Baker

Is Hotel Baker on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Dec 8, 1978 (Register number 78001157).

Is Hotel Baker a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Illinois has 86 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Sam and Ruth Van Sickle Ford House, 11.3 miles away.

Can you visit Hotel Baker?

It has its own website, the place to check whether and when it is open to visitors.

Where can I read the history of Hotel Baker?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 40 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 28893192 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.