Wikidata records 404 hotels that opened in the 1900s, from 1900 to 1909, in 52 countries; most of them in the United States (91), Poland (51) and Germany (34).[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, opened in 1903. The year with the most recorded openings is 1900, with 106.
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 (290), pension (40), inn (25), palace hotel (11) and apartment hotel (6), and 32 of other types. By country: United States (91), Poland (51), Germany (34), United Kingdom (22), Italy (16), Switzerland (14), France (14), Czech Republic (13), Sweden (13), Australia (11), and 42 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: Art Nouveau (27), Renaissance Revival (16), Beaux-Arts (8), Neoclassical (6), Classicism (5), baroque revival (4), Art Deco (3), eclectic (3), Edwardian (3), vernacular (3), Belle Époque (2), historicism (2).[1][2]
1900
The 35 best known of 106, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
The 35 best known of 44, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1907
The 35 best known of 44, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1908
1909
The 35 best known of 46, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
Architects
Architects and firms with an article in Innpedia who designed hotels opened in the 1900s, by the number of them.
- Henri Martinet (3)
- Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (2)
- William Lightfoot Price (2)
- Adolf Bielefeldt (1)
- Alfred Zucker (1)
- Anton Rosen (1)
- Charles Frederick Whittlesey (1)
- Charles Mewès (1)
- Eduard Lindner (1)
- Emery Roth (1)
- Fellner & Helmer (1)
- Frank Mills Andrews (1)
- Holabird & Root (1)
- Ilmo Valjakka (1)
- Josef Moser (1)
- Josip Vancaš (1)
- Julia Morgan (1)
- Napoleon LeBrun (1)
- Regent Alfred John Bidwell (1)
- Reid & Reid (1)
See also
- List of hotels opened in the 1890s
- List of hotels opened in the 1910s
- 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.