A quilt square of the Roberts Hotel, from a quilt on display at the Carbondale Public Library. Before it was the Roberts Hotel it was the Newell House. Today, the name Newell House is used for the restaurant on the first floor of the building. Roberts Hotel by Judy Moeglin: Built in the 1870’s by James M. Campbell, the Newell House was remodeled in 1903 after a fire and renamed the Roberts Hotel after its manager. This building still stands at the S.E. corner of Main and Washington streets across from what was the old Opera House. The building was again remodeled in