List of hotels opened in the 1850s

Wikidata records 132 hotels that opened in the 1850s, from 1850 to 1859, in 22 countries; most of them in the United States (42), Germany (22) and the United Kingdom (12).^[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is The Greenbrier, opened in 1858. The year with the most recorded openings is 1850, with 29.

Method

A hotel is listed under the year of the earliest date Wikidata gives for its official opening or, where it gives none, its inception. For a building converted into a hotel, the inception is often that of the building. Hotels that have since closed are included. Decades with at least 25 dated hotels have a list of their own. Within each year, hotels are in alphabetical order.^[1][2]

Summary

By type: hotel (87), inn (32), palace hotel (5), guest house (2) and villa hotel (2), and 4 of other types. By country: United States (42), Germany (22), United Kingdom (12), Sweden (9), France (8), Australia (7), Switzerland (6), New Zealand (4), Canada (3), Spain (3), and 12 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: Greek Revival (6), Neoclassical (6), Renaissance Revival (2), Second Empire style (2), Classicism (1), eclectic (1), functionalism (1), Gothic Revival (1), Heimatstil (1), Queen Anne style (1).^[1][2]

Architects

Architects and firms with an article in Innpedia who designed hotels opened in the 1850s, by the number of them.

• Édouard Niermans (1)
• Frank Mills Andrews (1)
• George I. Barnett (1)
• John Wood (1)
• Theodor Anckarsvärd (1)

See also

• List of hotels opened in the 1840s
• List of hotels opened in the 1860s
• List of oldest hotels
• Hotels by architectural style
• List of hotel architects

References

1. ^ Date of official opening (P1619). Wikidata. CC0.
2. ^ Inception (P571). Wikidata. CC0.

Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.