The Auto Hotel
112 E Jefferson St, Bloomington, IL 61701 - Under Construction
The Auto Hotel
The corner of East and Jefferson held Bloomington's post office from 1896 until 1932, when the postal service moved to a new building on North East Street. The old federal building had stood on that corner for forty years. In July 1937 a group of local businessmen bought it, took it down, and hired the John Felmley Company to put up a garage in its place.
The Auto Hotel opened at the end of June 1938, built as Bloomington's first fireproof automobile garage. The storefront along Jefferson has passed through a long run of small businesses over the decades.
The building stands in the Bloomington Central Business District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Urban Equity Properties is bringing it back under its original name.
