William Watson Hotel

Super cool place! We stayed on a weekday so it was nice and quiet. Room had a TV, mini fridge, microwave, and shampoo/conditioner/bodywash/towels. The bed had a cover and the room was clean. Found a yummy breakfast place nearby. Overall a great experience! Thank you

Very friendly staff, room was very clean and had an antique homey feel. Our room was on the street side so a little outside noise but nothing to terrible. Would definitely stay here again.

My stay was amazing. Brandi and Jane are so kind, and assisted me the entire stay. I will definitely be back again!

I am only writing this review due to the owner not holding up to his word. Last August my friend stayed here and I woke up to a bat flying around the room. This is an unmanned hotel so there is no one there at night. My friend I I turned on the lights and were unable to find the bat. There were no employees in the hotel so we did have many options so we left the light on and fell back to sleep after searching the room. We woke up to bat dung on our pillow! We called the owner and told him. He apologized and said that is a first. After returning home both my friend and I had several bite marks on our legs, torso and arms. We were not sure where the bites came from so I called my dr and explained the situation. She told me go to the emergency room to be evaluated because they are not equipped in the office to handle this if we needed treatment. I called the owner Jonas Petty and he assured me they would take care of the ER charge which was $902.00 after insurance. I contacted him several times and was sent a check for $500.00. I emailed him asking why he only partially paid the total and was told business was slow but he would send the remaining $400.00 next week. He never did and has stopped communicating. I am a small business owner and have never made a negative review on any business. This is not how you treat people or run a business. If he would like to follow through with his obligations I would gladly remove this review.

Quiet old hotel with lots of Illinois history in the hotel with past occupants like abe Lincoln

Very cute old hotel nicely decorated to feel like a home away from home. The rooms are very clean and smelled nice. The front desk lady was very nice and accommodating. Cute little town i will definitely be back.

I picked this hotel as it was midway on the trip and had great reviews. My review won't be so great. The hotel is across from the beautiful big building see in some photos, (see my photo of the hotel). The hotel is owned according to 1 of the 2 sisters that work it, by their brother. I love supporting small independent businesses. It's a quirky hotel, sort of like a B&B and hotel mixed. The price was good, the decoration is good, it was overall clean (except the A/C unit). There is narrow stairs and no elevator. Our room had NO windows, it was the cheapest room, bathroom was clean. Nobody is there during the night, but you can phone for assistance and the sister covering that night was very fast showing up. There was a problem as no heat, she didn't know how to turn it on. Another room had the same issue, when I finally got the baseboard to heat (broken knob) I went down the hall and told her how to fix it for the other room. I'm glad we didn't use the A/C all night (did try as the woman later did to heat the room with it but I think it's really just an A/C unit). The A/C unit was very moldy. (see photo). The bedroom doors have no deadbolt so if a previous renter copied the key, they can get in the room anytime. It's a safety issue. The door was awkward to close, as it's frame was split (see photo). I was charged an extra ~$8 as I had booked via ********** and the daytime sister claimed ********** had the wrong amount. The breakfast is a joke, it's containers of yogurt, sometimes OJ, and coffee, and tiny cheap Walmart snack bars. We did eat some yogurt and then later on the road get breakfast.

Cute and quiet little spot on the town square. Really enjoy it.

This is a very historic old hotel in the middle of Pittsfield, Illinois, an area that Abraham Lincoln frequented. It has a very rich heritage. However, check-in was unique -- the keys are left on the front counter because there was no staff on site. I thought that was most unusual and not very secure. They also use regular keys and not electronic ones. In addition, there was no deadbolt on the room door making it feel less safe. Finally, when we first got into the room, we found a number of crickets and other insects which we killed. We spent our first 30 minutes hunting down the bugs and eliminating them. Since there was no staff on the property, we had to take care of this ourselves nor could we request another room. However, having said all that, the staff was very nice and helpful the next morning. They were very friendly and we enjoyed talking with them. So, in spite of the bugs and the unique check-in process, our stay was pleasant and we enjoyed it.