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Plaza Hotel

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1918, Leo M. J. Dielmann. 213–221 S. River St.

It is unexpected to find such a grand hotel in a small county seat and this is one of Dielmann's most interesting works. The five-story hotel begins with a two-story base, which contained the public rooms, with the central three-story block of rooms rising from it. More elaborate than many of Dielmann's works, the hotel combines vaguely Renaissance details along with some rather striking Prairie Style details at the cornice of the central block. The Plaza was preceded in 1916 by Atlee B. Ayres's Aumont Hotel at 301 N. Austin Street. The Aumont is more classically detailed and less original in styling than the Plaza.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Guadalupe County Courthouse
Texas Theatre
Joseph Zorn House, “Sebastopol”

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Plaza Hotel", [Seguin, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-SF2.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 189-189.

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