page_title: Belleview-Biltmore Hotel
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Belleview-Biltmore Hotel / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The Pinellas Special train at the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's siding at the Belleview-Biltmore Hotel.
context_page_description: The Belleview-Biltmore Resort and Spa was a historic resort hotel located at 25 Belleview Boulevard in the town of Belleair, Florida, United States. The 400,000 square feet hotel structure was the last remaining grand historic hotel of its period in Florida that existed as a resort, and the only Henry Plant hotel still in operation when it closed in 2009. The building was noted for its architectural features, with its unique green sloped roof and white wood-sided exterior, and extensive handcrafted woodwork and Tiffany glass inside. Constructed of native Florida pine wood, it was said to be the largest occupied wood frame structure in the world during its heyday.
  The Belleview-Biltmore is situated along the eastern shores of Old Clearwater Bay, with views of the bay and the barrier islands which border the Gulf of Mexico. The hotel was built in 1897 by railroad tycoon Henry B. Plant and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1979, but was removed in 2017.
  The hotel closed in 2009 and thereafter the property deteriorated from neglect.
caption: The Pinellas Special at the hotel
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