
DeSoto House Hotel
Built 1855 — where Grant gave his presidential acceptance speech, 55 rooms on Main Street.
DeSoto House Hotel is a neo-victoriana hotel in Galena, IL, part of the Galena, IL. Built 1855 — where Grant gave his presidential acceptance speech, 55 rooms on Main Street.
It sits in our Neo-Victoriana category, occupying a historic inn, with a scholarly · historic mood and a material palette that leans brass & velvet. 55 rooms. Independently owned and operated. The restaurant is notable on its own merits.
A full review is still ahead
We haven’t published our first-person write-up of DeSoto House Hotelyet. When we do, it’ll land in the same voice as our Piaule, Troutbeck, and Inness reviews. In the meantime, the facts on the right and the tags above will tell you most of what we know.
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