Wikidata records 275 hotels that opened in the 1890s, from 1890 to 1899, in 41 countries; most of them in the United States (76), Germany (32) and Poland (22).[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is Hôtel Ritz Paris, opened in 1898. The year with the most recorded openings is 1890, with 39.
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 (214), inn (20), pension (19), bed and breakfast (5) and palace hotel (3), and 14 of other types. By country: United States (76), Germany (32), Poland (22), United Kingdom (21), Australia (11), Canada (9), Austria (8), Switzerland (7), Czech Republic (7), France (7), and 31 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: Art Nouveau (9), Renaissance Revival (7), Colonial Revival (5), Queen Anne style (5), Queen Anne style architecture in the United States (5), eclectic (4), Victorian (4), Federation (3), Richardsonian Romanesque (2), baroque (1), baroque revival (1), Belle Époque (1).[1][2]
1890
The 35 best known of 39, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
Architects
Architects and firms with an article in Innpedia who designed hotels opened in the 1890s, by the number of them.
- Alajos Hauszmann (1)
- Alfred Zucker (1)
- Angelo Comini (1)
- Antonio Citterio (1)
- Bruce Price (1)
- Charles Mewès (1)
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1)
- Daniel Burnham (1)
- Fellner & Helmer (1)
- Flóris Korb (1)
- Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (1)
- Kálmán Giergl (1)
- Ludwig Heim (1)
- Office for Metropolitan Architecture (1)
- Robert Reamer (1)
- Thomas Rogers Kimball (1)
- William H. Hume (1)
See also
- List of hotels opened in the 1880s
- List of hotels opened in the 1900s
- List of oldest hotels
- Hotels by architectural style
- List of hotel architects
References
- ^ Date of official opening (P1619). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Inception (P571). Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.