Crowne Plaza (Billings)

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Crown Plaza


built = 1979–1980
use = Hotel, Restaurant
location = 27 North 27th Street, Billings, Montana, USA
roof = 245 ft (75 m)
top_floor =
antenna_spire = 256 ft (78 m)
floor_count = 22
floor_area =
elevator_count = 6
architect = Harrison G. Fagg & Associates
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The Crowne Plaza Billings, formerly known as the Sheraton Billings Hotel, is a high-rise located in the Downtown Business District of Billings, Montana. It is the second-tallest building in the northern Rocky Mountain region. The building was built in 1980 and rises convert|245|ft|m|0 in height. It is used primarily for hotel space, and is the tallest hotel building in the city.

The Crowne Plaza is unique among high-rises in that it is built almost entirely of bricks in an applied masonry facade; the structure contains 2,372,982 red clay bricks that were formed in an 1869 kiln.cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=sheratonbillingshotel-billings-mt-usa|title=Crowne Plaza Billings|accessdate=2008-07-10|publisher=Emporis.com] cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=6640|title=Crowne Plaza Billings|accessdate=2008-07-10|publisher=SkyscraperPage.com] The building was declared the tallest load-bearing brick structure in the world by the Brick Institute of America upon its completion in 1980.

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*First Interstate Center