Belleview Biltmore Hotel (Abandoned)

This place is on private property. Listing for informational purposes only. Please do not visit without express permission from the land owner.

The Belleview Biltmore Hotel is a historic resort hotel in the town of Belleair, Florida.

The massive hotel is actually the last remaining grand historic hotel of its period in Florida, and the only remaining Henry Plant hotel still in operation.

The beautiful building is often noted for its interesting architectural features, with its unique green sloped roof and an extensive amount of hand-crafted woodwork and Tiffany glass inside. It is said to be the largest occupied wood frame structure in the world, and is constructed of native Florida pine wood.

The Belleview Biltmore is situated along the eastern shores of Old Clearwater Bay, and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1979. Unfortunately, the designation does not protect it from demolition and its owner planned to demolish the hotel in 2012 and to replace it with condos.
In December of 2013, plans to restore the hotel were proposed, and the city put a halt on plans to demolish the building. Currently, the future of the hotel remains in limbo.

The hotel property includes over 160 acres which includes swimming pools, a beach club, restaurant, and a golf course.

The Belleview Biltmore has hosted many famous people, dignitaries and world leaders through the years, including U.S. Presidents Barack Obama, George H. W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the Duke of Windsor, and celebrities such as Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford. The hotel is thought by some to be the site of ghost sightings and other paranormal events. The Hotel was featured in a segment on the Weird Travels series on the Travel Channel television network in the U.S.