Springfield IL Illinois, Ramada Renaissance Hotel Advertising Postcard

The Ramada Renaissance Hotel at 701 East Adams, Springfield Illinois. Initial plans were for the hotel be affiliated with the Radisson Hotel chain. However, in April 1983, the decision was made to change the affiliation to Ramada, and its upscale Renaissance Hotel brand. Construction began in February 1984, and the Grand opening was Friday, August 30, 1985. The building is 12 stories, and contains 310 guest rooms. In February 1997, Marriott bought the Renaissance chain, dropping the word Ramada from its name. However, Marriott failed to renew the franchise agreement in 2005, and the hotel name was changed to the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel and Conference Center.

The hotel featured two restaurants and two bars. Lindsay's Gallery, one of the two restaurants was named in honor of Springfield poet Vachel Lindsay. Displayed at the entrance to the restaurant was an 8-foot rendition of Lindsay's 1913 painting, "The Wedding of the Rose and the Lotus."

The hotel's other restaurant was the Floreale Room. It featured Northern Italian cuisine and was named after the Italian word for “the flower.” That restaurant would later close in August 1997. The Globe Tavern, an upper-level bar, is named after the Springfield Inn where Abraham Lincoln once stayed.

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