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Discover Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Curio, A Collection by Hilton™, DoubleTree by Hilton, and Embassy Suites by Hilton™ hotels that are all historically significant and proud to be part of Historic Hotels of America.
Original Property Opened: 1913
Fun Fact: The hotel's intricate details include one of the world's largest gold-leaf ceilings located in the historic Pantlind lobby.
Original Property Opened: 1912
Fun Fact: View the signature artistic six-story installation of the peregrine falcon. This unique mural was designed and implemented by local artists and is highlighted by natural light
Original Property Opened: 1905
Fun Fact: This hotel was originally built as a triple residence for the prominent Hayes Family.
Original Property Opened: 1927
Fun Fact: During World War II, the roof of the hotel serves as the site of an Airplane Observation Tower. Built as part of the national defense effort, it was used to help identify aircraft, in hopes of spotting potential incoming enemy aircraft.
Original Property Opened: 1896
Fun Fact: "Human Fly" Harry F. Young had been hired to climb the Hotel Martinique to promote a silent movie, Safety Last. On March 5, 1923, a huge crowd, including Mrs. Young, assembled to watch this breathtaking spectacle. Young, wearing a placard saying “Safety Last” promoting the film, lost his grip and sadly fell nine stories to his death.
Original Property Opened: 1894
Fun Fact: Many of Union Station's original elements still stand today, including the marvelous Allegorical Window adorning the structures entryway, featuring handcut Tiffany glass, and a magnificent gold leaf design.
Original Property Opened: 1956
Fun Fact: The Statler was the first building to ever feature elevator music and the first hotel to install new and custom 21” Westinghouse televisions in each guestroom and suite; it also uniquely featured a heliport on its roof.
Original Property Opened: 1913
Fun Fact: Famous guests included then-actor Ronald Reagan, who stopped at the hotel during a political tour in 1957.
Original Property Opened: 1852
Fun Fact: Mills House Charleston, Curio Collection by Hilton has been an iconic landmark of this coastal South Carolina city since 1853. Once the stately manor of the influential Grimké family (sisters Sarah and Angelina were ardent women’s rights advocates and the first white women to represent the American Anti-Slavery Society in front of a state legislature).
Original Property Opened: 1924
Fun Fact: The property's namesake, Emily Morgan, is said to be the inspiration for the famous ballad "The Yellow Rose of Texas."
Original Property Opened: 1912
Fun Fact: There have been two times when a plane has taken off from the roof of the former Multnomah Hotel.
Original Property Opened: 1943
Fun Fact: Built a hidden auto-lift for President Franklin D. Roosevelt to access the second-floor Presidential Ballroom
Original Property Opened: 1927
Fun Fact: The hotel briefly served as the Louisiana State Capitol in 1931 during a power struggle between Governor Huey Long and Lieutenant Governor Paul Cyr.
Original Property Opened: 1927
Fun Fact: In 1942, the U.S Army purchased the hotel for $6 million for use as barracks and classrooms for the Army Air Force during World War II.
Original Property Opened: 1931
Fun Fact: The hotel is one of the world’s finest examples of French Art Deco style, and was used as the model for the Empire State Building in New York City.
Original Property Opened: 1921
Fun Fact: President Kennedy delivered his last address in the Crystal Ballroom, on November 22, 1963, just hours before his assassination in Dallas.
Original Property Opened: 1957
Fun Fact: The Hilton Hawaiian Village® Waikiki Beach Resort is the setting of Elvis Presley’s famed movie, “Blue Hawaii” (1961).
Original Property Opened: 1928
Fun Fact: The property was once the site of a Potawatomi Indian village at the foot of a steep bluff. A bronze plaque on the Wisconsin Avenue side of the building reminds guests of this fact.
Original Property Opened: 1926
Fun Fact: Originally the Masonic Grand Lodge of the Louisiana, this magnificent 20-story Gothic Revival story Neo-Gothic style building was hailed as the first skyscraper in New Orleans.
Original Property Opened: 1625
Fun Fact: Housed in a landmark 300-year-old hacienda, three luxury casitas were built within the adobe walls of the original coach house of the estate.
Original Property Opened: 1871
Fun Fact: The brownie was invented at the hotel when Bertha Palmer requested a dessert for ladies attending the Chicago 1893 World's Fair.
Original Property Opened: 1911
Fun Fact: The hotel provided a safe room for guests to privately drink during the Prohibition era.
Original Property Opened: 1905
Fun Fact: It is said that F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, was inspired by the splendor of the Seelbach's architecture and lavish social atmosphere and based the wedding scene in his iconic novel on the hotel's luxurious surroundings.
Original Property Opened: 1885
Fun Fact: Hilton Richmond Downtown spent over a century as a center of the community, offering local shopping as well as hosting events like fashion shows and luncheons.