Hotel Charitone

The Hotel Charitone, located in Chariton, Iowa, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by noted Chariton architect William Perkins, the Charitone opened in 1923 as a hotel catering to railroad passengers. As the years passed, downtown hotels like the Charitone fell out of favor, and the hotel passed through a succession of owners and eventually fell into disrepair. In 2012, a coalition of concerned citizens formed an organization to acquire the hotel and received a major fundraising boost from Hy-Vee, Inc. and the Vredenburg Foundation. The Hotel Charitone has undergone a $5 million historic rehabilitation and now houses a restaurant on the main floor and apartments on the upper floors.