The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel

The Bellevue
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in 1976
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Coordinates	39°56′55.76″N 75°9′54.62″W / 39.9488222°N 75.1651722°W / 39.9488222; -75.1651722
Built	1902–04
Architect	G. W. & W. D. Hewitt Hewitt & Paist
Architectural style	French Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	77001182[1]
Added to NRHP	March 24, 1977
Former names	Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Fairmont Hotel, The Westin Bellevue-Stratford, Hotel Atop the Bellevue, Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue, Hyatt at the Bellevue
Alternative names	Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
General information
Address	200 S. Broad Street
Town or city	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Country	United States Building details
Hotel chain	Hyatt

The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street at the corner of Walnut Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Constructed in 1904 and expanded to its present size in 1912, it has continued as a well-known institution for more than a century and is still widely known by that original, historic name.

In November 1976, the hotel closed following a lethal outbreak of pneumonia-like illness the previous summer.^[2] The outbreak, later traced to bacterial growth in the hotel's air-conditioning system, killed or sickened numerous guests who had attended an American Legion convention.^[2] Despite a subsequent change in ownership, renovations, and a brief rebranding before reopening in September 1979, the Bellevue-Stratford never recovered from the disaster,^[2] and the original incarnation of the hotel permanently closed in March 1986.^[2] In 1988, the building was converted to a mixed-use development. It has been known since then as The Bellevue. The hotel portion is currently managed by Hyatt as The Bellevue Hotel.