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Pfister Hotel ranked among country's best historic hotels in 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards
The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee has been voted one of America's best historic hotels in the USA TODAY 10BEST Readers' Choice Awards for the third year in a row.
The East Town landmark, at 424 E. Wisconsin Ave., was ninth on the list, three places lower than its rank in 2024 and 2023.
The Pfister opened in 1893 and was billed as the "Grand Hotel of the West," according to USA TODAY's description of the building. Also mentioned was the building's 23rd floor cocktail lounge, Blu, and its views of Lake Michigan and the city.
The hotel has 307 newly renovated guest rooms.
The story noted that it was the first hotel in America with a thermostat for each guest room, and it's home to the largest collection of Victorian art of any hotel in the world.
The Pfister Hotel cost nearly $1 million to build. It was designed by architect Charles Koch and features a Romanesque Revival design, according to its website.
It's operated by Marcus Hotels & Resorts Inc., a division of Marcus Corporation. That corporation was founded in 1935 by Ben Marcus with the purchase of a single movie theater in Ripon.
Marcus Corp. bought The Pfister in 1962 as it expanded into the lodging industry.
In 2018, The Pfister was the runner-up in 10Best's ranking of the country's Best Haunted Hotels, a detail that steers some Major League Baseball players clear of staying there.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Pfister Hotel ranked among best historic hotels in the country
