Hard to Believe: Repurposed Hotels

by 10Best Editors

  • Fitger's Inn - Duluth, MN
  • Caboose Motel - Finger Lakes, NY
  • Hotel Skyler - Finger Lakes, NY
  • The Langham - Boston, MA
  • Geneva on the Lakes - Geneva, NY
  • Belhurst Castle - Seneca Lake, NY
  • The Langham - Chicago, IL
  • Fitger's Inn - Duluth, MN
  • Caboose Motel - Finger Lakes, NY
  • Hotel Skyler - Finger Lakes, NY
  • The Langham - Boston, MA
  • Geneva on the Lakes - Geneva, NY
  • Belhurst Castle - Seneca Lake, NY
  • The Langham - Chicago, IL

One of architecture's most interesting trends is repurposing, also called adaptive reuse. These 10 repurposed hotels were built for completely different reasons than hospitality.

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