THE PLAZA HOTEL ANDTHE CHARLES ILFELD BUILDING
Las Vegas is essentially a tale of two towns—Old and New, West and East—that separately incorporated in 1888 and 1903, respectively, and did not join as one municipality until 1970. Similarly, the present-day Plaza Hotel, situated in the heart of Old Town, is really a story of two buildings.
Side by side, the ornate Italianate facades of the Plaza Hotel and the Charles Ilfeld Building have elegantly presided over the Las Vegas Plaza’s northwest corner since 1882. “Many people consider this the best Victorian Italianate
