Hotel Grinnell
Grinnell, IA
Erected in 1921, this unique building served as the Grinnell city’s junior high school until the late 1970s. Designed by a prominent Des Moines-based architectural firm named “Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson,” they oversaw its design as a beautiful Neoclassical architecture. The gorgeous structure stands three stories tall and as a school featured everything from state-of-the-art classrooms to a full-fledged gymnasium. Now it has been repurposed into an independently owned hotel, eatery, bar, and event center. At Hotel Grinnell, guests can return to their school days and this time not get in trouble for sleeping in class! The old classrooms now serve as guestrooms, the former locker rooms have been transformed into a bar, and the old scoreboard now decorates the lounge. Find out how Hotel Grinnell merges old-school tradition with new-school attitude. Hotel Grinnell has been named to these Historic Hotels of America Top 25 Lists The 2025 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Best of Adaptive Reuse ListThe 2024 Top 25 Historic Hotels of America Best of Adaptive Reuse List