Summary
The Faust Hotel, once known as the Travelers Hotel, was completed in 1929 and is located in New Braunfels, Texas. The hotel planning was started by a group of citizens desiring to attract tourist and convention traffic to counter a downturn in agricultural business caused by a mid-1920s drought in the area. Built on donated land from Senator Joseph Faust's estate, the hotel was renamed in 1936 in honor that family. The building is a four-story masonry design of no particular architectural style, though with some Spanish Renaissance Revival detailing.[2]
Hotel Faust | |
 Hotel Faust in 2012 | |
  Hotel Faust  Hotel Faust | |
| Location | 240 S. Seguin St., New Braunfels, Texas |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 29°42′36″N 98°7′25″W / 29.71000°N 98.12361°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1929 |
| Built by | Walter Sipple |
| Architect | Henry Partridge Smith |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000922[1] |
| RTHL No. | 1577 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 1985 |
| Designated RTHL | 1984 |
It has been renovated several times through the years, but is one of the few known Texas mid-rise hotels of its era still serving as a hotel.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
Not to be confused with Hotel Faust (now Hotel Giles since 2015) in Comfort, Texas.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Texas Historical Commission Historic Sites Atlas: Hotel Faust". Retrieved October 8, 2014.
- ^ "About Hotel Giles". Hotel Giles. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
External links edit
- Official website
Media related to Hotel Faust at Wikimedia Commons
