Friday, May 9, 2008 East Central Illinois

Lincoln Hotel owners don't want historic tag

May 9, 2008 9:55 AM CDT

URBANA – The new owner of the Historic Lincoln Hotel agrees that the 78-year-old hotel is, well, historic and probably deserving of local landmark status.

But the Normal-based company that bought the hotel in March doesn't want the designation, contending that just the prospect of being declared a local landmark is driving away hotel brands that could turn around the hotel's fortunes.

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