Hotel Oloffson is a hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[1] It opened in 1935 and closed in 2025. It is operated by Richard Auguste Morse. It stands about 2.0 km from the centre of Port-au-Prince.[3]

Overview

The Hotel Oloffson was a hotel in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Originally a private mansion in the late 19th century, it was later made into a hotel; during its heyday it was known as the "Greenwich Village of the Tropics", hosting celebrity actors, writers, and artists, including Ernest Hemingway and Mick Jagger. The architecture was late-19th century tropical gingerbread house, a French-origin tropical mansion design.

From “Hotel Oloffson” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]

History and building

The hotel opened in 1935. [1]

Location

2 km4 km

Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 2.0 km from the centre of Port-au-Prince. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Toussaint Louverture International Airport (PAP), about 6 km from the centre of Port-au-Prince.[4]

It is the only hotel in and around Port-au-Prince recorded in Wikidata.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hotel Oloffson (Q3365701). Wikidata. CC0.
  2. ^ Hotel Oloffson. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-09-19.
  3. ^ Port-au-Prince (Q34261). Wikidata. CC0.
  4. ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
  5. ^ Hotels in Port-au-Prince. Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.

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