Drake Hotel is a hotel in Near North Side, the United States.[1] Wikidata describes it as “hotel in Chicago, Illinois”. It opened in 1920. It stands about 0.7 km from the centre of Near North Side.[3]
Overview
The Drake, a Hilton Hotel, 140 East Walton Place, Chicago, Illinois, is a luxury, full-service hotel, located downtown on the lake side of Michigan Avenue two blocks north of the John Hancock Center and a block south of Oak Street Beach at the top of the Magnificent Mile. Overlooking Lake Michigan, it was founded in 1920, and soon became one of Chicago's landmark hotels and a longtime rival of the Palmer House.
From “Drake Hotel (Chicago)” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
History and building
The hotel opened in 1920. It is listed as a National Register of Historic Places listed place. [1]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 0.7 km from the centre of Near North Side. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), about 16 km from the centre of Near North Side.[4]
It is one of 33 hotels in and around Near North Side recorded in Wikidata, 15 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Of the 6 with a recorded opening date, it is the earliest. See Hotels in Near North Side.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago — 0.1 km
- Four Seasons Hotel Chicago — 0.1 km, opened 1989
- Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago — 0.2 km
- The Whitehall Hotel — 0.2 km
- Tremont Hotel by SB at Chicago Magnificent Mile — 0.3 km
- Thompson Chicago — 0.3 km
- Waldorf Astoria Chicago — 0.3 km, opened 2010
- Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile — 0.3 km
- Ritz-Carlton Chicago — 0.3 km
- Viceroy Chicago — 0.4 km
See also
- Hotels in Near North Side
- Hotels in the United States
- List of heritage-listed hotels in the United States
- List of hotels opened in the 1920s
References
- ^ Drake Hotel (Q5305603). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Drake Hotel. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-04.
- ^ Near North Side (Q986328). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Near North Side. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.