Hotel Riverview Accounting records, Jun. 1887-Jan. 1894
Series
Identifier: IC 9 H5.5
Scope and Contents note
2 volumes in 2 folders.
Dates
- Creation: Jun. 1887-Jan. 1894
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Central Railroad Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).
Biographical/Historical note
The Hotel Riverview, also known as the Riverview Hotel and Sanitarium, was built in 1887 in Kankakee, Illinois, by Emery Cobb. It was a resort hotel as well as a place for treating illnesses and addictions, using pure and healthful mineral waters from the Kankakee River. See also IC 1 W3.3, Welling In-Letters, under "C" for Cobb, Emery.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org