500 Sargent Dr., New Haven, Connecticut. County/parish: New Haven.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 29, 2021. NRIS 100006451.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Hotel Marcel is a Hilton hotel in the Long Wharf district of New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It is housed in the Armstrong Rubber Company Building, later known as the Pirelli Tire Building: a former office building designed by modernist architect Marcel Breuer. The structure is a noted example of Brutalist architecture. Since its renovation into a hotel, the building operates as a zero-energy building, generating enough renewable energy to sustain its operations.
The building was constructed from 1968 to 1970 for the headquarters of the Armstrong Rubber Company. Pirelli purchased the site in 1988, and resold the building in 1999. From the late 1990s into the late 2010s, the building was predominantly vacant. The building was listed on the Connecticut Register of Historic Places in 2000 and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. Conversion to a hotel commenced in 2020, and the hotel opened in May 2022.
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