It wasn't the whim of an architect that made the Quaker Square Inn in Akron, Ohio look like grain silos. It really used to be a cluster of 36 silos, part of the complex of mills, train depot, and railyard built in the late nineteenth century by the Quaker Oats Company.
If you go:
The lobby and restaurant are worth a stop -- very clever architectural solutions.
Links:

135 South Broadway
Akron, Ohio 44325-9002 USA
jmlynch@uakron.edu
Phone Numbers:
Office Phone
+1 (330) 253-5970
+1 (330) 253-5970