Wikidata records 451 hotels that opened in the 1920s, from 1920 to 1929, in 47 countries; most of them in the United States (257), France (23) and Germany (12).[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is Mar-a-Lago, opened in 1927. The year with the most recorded openings is 1928, with 73.
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 (390), lodge (19), inn (9), apartment hotel (8) and pension (5), and 20 of other types. By country: United States (257), France (23), Germany (12), Japan (11), United Kingdom (10), Spain (9), Australia (8), Brazil (8), Indonesia (8), Poland (8), and 37 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: Art Deco (29), Renaissance Revival (22), Spanish Colonial Revival (16), Mediterranean Revival (12), Neoclassical (11), Colonial Revival (10), Beaux-Arts (7), National Park Service rustic (5), Pueblo Revival Style (5), Mission Revival (4), Art Nouveau (3), constructivist (3).[1][2]
1920
1921
| Hotel | Type | City | Country | Architect | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aman New York | hotel | West New York | United States | ||
| Columbia Gorge Hotel | hotel | United States | Morris H. Whitehouse | Spanish Colonial Revival architecture | |
| Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows | hotel | Santa Monica | United States | ||
| Hotel Arni, Karditsa | hotel | Trikala | Greece | ||
| Hotel Carrasco | hotel | Montevideo | Uruguay | Jacques Dunant | |
| Hotel Embajada | hotel | Madrid | Spain | Luis Ferrero | |
| Hotel L'Ágora | hotel | Alcoy | Spain | Joaquín Aracil Aznar | Valencian Art Nouveau |
| Hotel Skyler Syracuse, Tapestry Collection by Hilton | hotel | Syracuse | United States | Gordon Wright | Georgian Revival architecture |
| La Lanera Valenciana | hotel | City of Valencia | Spain | Alfonso Garín Ortolá | Valencian Art Nouveau |
| Newbern Hotel | hotel | Kansas City | United States | ||
| Old Palmetto Hotel | hotel | United States | |||
| Penn Alto Building | hotel | United States | H.L. Stevens & Company | Renaissance Revival architecture | |
| Ritz-Carlton Atlantic City | hotel | United States | Warren and Wetmore | ||
| Weylin Hotel | hotel | East Village | United States | ||
| מלון ספקטור | hotel | Tel Aviv | Israel |
1922
1923
1924
The 35 best known of 46, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1925
The 35 best known of 46, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1926
The 35 best known of 62, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1927
The 35 best known of 62, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1928
The 35 best known of 73, by the number of Wikipedia language editions that cover them.
1929
The 35 best known of 63, 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 1920s, by the number of them.
- William Lee Stoddart (6)
- Schultze & Weaver (5)
- Gilbert Stanley Underwood (4)
- Holabird & Root (3)
- Walker & Eisen (3)
- Warren and Wetmore (3)
- George B. Post (2)
- H.L. Stevens & Company (2)
- Horace Trumbauer (2)
- Louis Kamper (2)
- Luis Ferrero (2)
- Martin L. Hampton (2)
- Mihran Mesrobian (2)
- Mimar Kemaleddin (2)
- Preston J. Bradshaw (2)
- Rapp and Rapp (2)
- Tourtellotte & Hummel (2)
- W. H. Weeks (2)
- Walter W. Ahlschlager (2)
- Weeks and Day (2)
See also
- List of hotels opened in the 1910s
- List of hotels opened in the 1930s
- 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.