 95 and 96) train from New York City to a siding on the hotel's property in the 1920s.John McEntee Bowman's Bowman-Biltmore Hotels purchased the hotel in 1920, and it was renamed the Belleview Biltmore.During World War II, the Belleview Biltmore served as lodging for servicemen who were stationed at Macdill Air Force Base in Tampa.