Wikidata records 143 hotels that opened in the 1940s, from 1940 to 1949, in 33 countries; most of them in the United States (86), Japan (6) and Sweden (6).[1][2] The best known, by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it, is Flamingo Las Vegas, opened in 1946. The year with the most recorded openings is 1940, with 30.
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 (119), motel (8), Stiftsgård (5), inn (3) and guest house (2), and 6 of other types. By country: United States (86), Japan (6), Sweden (6), United Kingdom (4), Portugal (4), Germany (3), Argentina (2), Canada (2), Spain (2), Guernsey (2), and 23 more countries. Architectural styles recorded most often: Art Deco (24), Miami Modern (10), Streamline Moderne (9), Colonial Revival (4), Pueblo Revival Style (4), modern (2), rustic (2), International Style (1), mid-century modern (1), Mission Revival (1), rationalism (1), Tudor (1).[1][2]
1940
1941
1942
| Hotel | Type | City | Country | Architect | Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Hotel | hotel | Los Angeles | United States | ||
| Blue Swallow Motel | motel | United States | |||
| Coral Court Motel | motel | St. Louis | United States | Art Deco | |
| New Frontier Hotel and Casino | hotel | Las Vegas | United States | ||
| Normandie Hotel | hotel | United States | Raúl Reichard | Streamline Moderne architecture, Art Deco architecture | |
| Pousada de Elvas (Santa Luzia) | inn | Portugal | Miguel Jacobetty Rosa | ||
| The Betsy Hotel, South Beach | hotel | Miami Beach | United States | Lawrence Murray Dixon | Colonial Revival architecture |
| בית דולפין | hotel | Nahariya | Israel | ||
| 舞子ホテル | hotel | Akashi | Japan |
1943
| Hotel | Type | City | Country | Architect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Inn | guest house | United States | ||
| Capital Hilton | hotel | Washington, D.C. | United States | |
| Cine Rex | hotel | Madrid | Spain | Luis Gutiérrez Soto |
| Hotel Conde Ansúrez | hotel | Valladolid | Spain | |
| Hotel Plaza Grande | hotel | Quito | Ecuador | |
| Palestine Hotel | hotel | Hebron | Palestine | |
| 梓水苑 | ryokan | Matsumoto | Japan |
1944
| Hotel | Type | City | Country | Architect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Park Avenue Hotel | hotel | Gothenburg | Sweden | Nils Einar Eriksson |
| Harveys Lake Tahoe | hotel | United States | Martin Stern, Jr. | |
| Hotel de Turistas del Cusco | hotel | Cusco | Peru | Emilio Harth Terré |
| Stiftsgården i Undersvik | Stiftsgård | Sweden | ||
| Suginoi Hotel | hotel | Beppu | Japan | |
| Vårdnäs Stiftsgård | Stiftsgård | Linköping | Sweden |
1945
| Hotel | Type | City | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabul Serena Hotel | hotel | Kabul | Afghanistan |
| Krone inn / cinema | inn | Bern | Switzerland |
| Pacific Park Christian Holiday Camp | hotel | Tauranga | New Zealand |
| Saint Anne's Guest Home | guest house | Grand Forks | United States |
| Stjärnholms stiftsgård | Stiftsgård | Nyköping | Sweden |
| Treetops Executive Residences | hotel | Bukit Merah | Singapore |
1946
1947
1948
1949
Architects
Architects and firms with an article in Innpedia who designed hotels opened in the 1940s, by the number of them.
- Albert Anis (10)
- Lawrence Murray Dixon (7)
- Roy F. France (6)
- Henry Hohauser (4)
- Anton Skislewicz (2)
- B. Robert Swartburg (2)
- Gerard Pitt (2)
- MacKay & Gibbs (2)
- Morris Lapidus (2)
- A. Herbert Mathes (1)
- Igor B. Polevitzky (1)
- Jouko Ylihannu (1)
- Luis Gutiérrez Soto (1)
- Martin Stern, Jr. (1)
- Melvin Grossman (1)
- Oscar Niemeyer (1)
- Toro-Ferrer Architects (1)
- Victor Nellenbogen (1)
- Wayne McAllister (1)
See also
- List of hotels opened in the 1930s
- List of hotels opened in the 1950s
- 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.