The Hotel Severin originally opened in 1913 as the Grand Hotel of Indianapolis. The building now stands as one of the last remaining structures in the Indianapolis Union Station Wholesale District and it is contributing property to the historic district. The hotel is located directly across Jackson Place from the Union Station (Indianapolis)

Union Station (Indianapolis)

The Indianapolis Union Station was the first union station in the world, opening on September 20, 1853, by the Indianapolis Union Railway within the Wholesale District of Indianapolis, Indiana at 39 Jackson Place...

 headhouse.

From opening in 1913 to the late 1930s, the Hotel Severin thrived on the 300 passenger trains that came in and out of Indianapolis

Indianapolis

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

 daily. It was built by Henry Severin Jr. with help from the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the Brickyard 400....

 Founders Carl G. Fisher

Carl G. Fisher

Carl Graham Fisher was an American entrepreneur. Despite having severe astigmatism, he became a seemingly tireless pioneer and promoter of the automotive, auto racing, and real estate development industries...

 and James A. Allison

James A. Allison

James Ashbury Allison , born in Marcellus, Michigan, was an American entrepreneur and businessman. He was the inventor of the Allison Perfection Fountain Pen and with Carl G. Fisher a founder of Prest-O-Lite, a manufacturer of automobile headlights. With Carl G. Fisher, Frank H. Wheeler, and Arthur C...

.

The immense Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n crystal chandelier hanging in the Severin Ballroom Lobby is the original chandelier from 1913. The marble staircase is also from the original hotel. Several different owners managed the hotel until it was bought by Warren M. Atkinson in 1966. Renamed the Atkinson Hotel, the building underwent a $2.5 million renovation. Mansur Development Corporation bought the Atkinson Hotel in July 1988 and after a $40 million high profile restoration, the hotel reopened as the Omni Severin Hotel. with the renovation of the original hotel and the additional rooms, the hotel now boasts sixty different guest room configurations which add to the character and uniqueness of the property. The original 1913 mailbox still serves as the working mailbox in the hotel today. Other visible items from the original Hotel Severin are the furniture pieces located on each elevator landing of the hotel. These pieces were dressers from the guest rooms of the Hotel Severin. Today, the Omni Severin Hotel is the city's only remaining "grand hotel" and continues to be a proud, historic landmark amidst the downtown renaissance. The Omni Severin Hotel is the oldest and longest operating hotel in downtown Indianapolis.

The Omni Severin Hotel has 424 guest rooms with meeting and banquet facilities. The hotel is a member of the Omni Hotels chain.