Hotel Arthur / Terminal Building, Aurora

A Tall Hotel At Aurora's Main Downtown Edge

Aurora's architectural page introduces Hotel Arthur as one of the city's early height statements. In 1905 the building projected confidence at one of downtown's most visible corners.

That original hotel role already linked the building to movement and arrival. It was built to face a city that wanted to look larger, busier, and better connected.

When The Hotel Became The Terminal Building

The 1915 lease to the Aurora, Elgin, and Chicago Railroad Company shifts the article from hotel history into transportation history. Once the building took on traction terminal and corporate office functions, it became part of the interurban system as well as downtown Aurora.

That second life gives the building unusual depth. Hotel Arthur is not just a reused hotel. It is also a rail-oriented headquarters and passenger article.

Lofts On Broadway Kept The Corner In Use

Aurora's development page confirms the building's latest phase by listing Lofts on Broadway among the city's major openings. The present reuse is important not simply as housing, but as proof that one of Aurora's most visible old corner buildings remains in circulation.

The result is a downtown landmark that has changed functions several times without dropping out of the city center.