The Hotel Beaumont in
Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seat of government of Jefferson County, within the Beaumont– Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about east of Houston ( ...
was built in 1922 by a group of 277 investors. One million dollars was spent to build the structure. The building is 11 stories tall, and has 250 rooms. The building contains two ballrooms, the Rose Room, and the Sky Room on the Roof, both of which were used many times during the structure's colorful history. It is on Orleans Street near Pearl Street (
U.S. Route 90
U.S. Route 90 or U.S. Highway 90 (US 90) is an east–west major United States highway in the Southern United States. Despite the "0" in its route number, US 90 never was a full coast-to-coast route. With the exception of a short-lived ...
).
The building was used as a retirement community from 1977–2011. A full restoration of the building was completed in 2000, excluding the Rose Room and the Sky Room.
Since its auction in 2014, the hotel still sits abandoned.
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Hotel buildings completed in 1922
Buildings and structures in Beaumont, Texas
Beaux-Arts architecture in Texas
Hotels in Texas
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Historic district contributing properties in Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Texas
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