Crowne Plaza Hotel Billings

Crowne Plaza Billings
General information
Type	Hotel, Restaurant
Location	27 North 27th Street, Billings, Montana, United States
Coordinates	45°46′56″N 108°30′13″W / 45.78215°N 108.50368°WCoordinates: 45°46′56″N 108°30′13″W / 45.78215°N 108.50368°W
Construction started	1979
Completed	1980
Height
Antenna spire	256 ft (78 m)
Roof	245 ft (75 m)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Lifts/elevators	6 guest and 2 service
Design and construction
Architect	Harrison G. Fagg & Associates
References
[1][2]

The Crowne Plaza Hotel Billings, formerly known as the Sheraton Billings Hotel, is a high-rise located in the Downtown Business District of Billings, Montana. It is the second-tallest building in the northern Rocky Mountain region and was the tallest from 1980 - 1985 until the completion of the First Interstate Center, also in Billings. Construction started on the building in 1979 and was completed in 1980; it rises 245 feet (75 m) in height.^[2] It is used primarily for hotel space, and is the tallest hotel building in Montana.^[1]

The Crowne Plaza is unusual among high-rises in that it is built almost entirely of bricks in an applied masonry facade; the structure contains 2,372,982 red clay bricks that were formed in an 1869 kiln.^[1][2] Upon its completion in 1980, the building was declared the tallest load-bearing brick structure in the world by the Brick Institute of America.^[2] The building has twenty two above ground floors with a fine dining restaurant on the twentieth floor. It is connected to a seven level city parking garage and the historic grand building via sky bridges.^[3]

See also

• First Interstate Center
• List of tallest buildings in Billings
• List of tallest buildings by U.S. state

References

1. "Crowne Plaza Billings". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
2. "Crowne Plaza Billings". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
3. http://www.emporis.com/building/crowne-plaza-billings-mt-usa