Update: Carole Wyland reports that this hotel was destroyed by fire on 12 January 2017.
Reid Hotel, Rochelle
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I miss this place! After it was a hotel it was used as a thrift store occasionally. Used to shop there as a by with my dad alot.
My father, H.C. (Cap) Dorminey taught Agriculture at Rochelle from 1938-1942 and stayed at the Reid Hotel. He told me he paid $22 per month for room and board. Not bad considering he was being paid $150 per month!
Thanks for sharing Edd. How fascinating! That America seems lost…
I remember my wife and I stayed in the hotel in the fifties. we were around twenty only married about a year. I would like to see pic,s of the old jail if its still there.
I’m not sure if it is. I know there’s still one in Pitts, though.
Yes, It was the Reid Hotel. Two co-workers and I stayed there for a few weeks in 1965 while installing a peanut elavator in the Doster Warehouse.
It was the reid hotel and no it is not in the best of shape but structual sound
Thanks for the correction, Joseph! I’ll change the listing to reflect your information.
Not structurally sound any more. It burned to the ground last night.
The REID Hotel served Rochelle in early/mid 20th Century. Unfortunately the building has not been maintained since it closed as a hotel.
Thanks for the information, Jim!
Yes, it was the hotel.