For many years, the original hotel was the site of the town's bank...so where is the new giftshop? In the bank vault!
From our website:
"The Hotel El Capitan opened in 1930 in Van Horn to serve travelers at the crossroads of West Texas tourism. Financed by El Pasoan Charles Bassett, the Hotel El Capitan was one of several grand hotels in the west Texas tradition by architect, Henry Trost." Read more here~
Read more about our other historic hotels in the region, here.
The
Hotel El Capitan opened in 1930 in Van Horn to serve travelers at the
crossroads of west Texas tourism. Financed by El Pasoan Charles Bassett,
the Hotel El Capitan is one of several grand hotels in the west Texas
tradition designed by architect Henry Charles Trost. Trost, an
architectural draftsman in Ohio and a designer of ornamental metal in
Chicago, arrived in El Paso in 1903, bringing his interest in the
Mission Revival-style of the period with him. He formed Trost and Trost,
an architectural firm, with his brother and structural engineer
Gustavus and proceeded to design and build hundreds of buildings
throughout west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. - See more at:
http://texasmountaintrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-and-cities/sites/hotel-el-capitan#sthash.0M7pbGJr.dpuf
The
Hotel El Capitan opened in 1930 in Van Horn to serve travelers at the
crossroads of west Texas tourism. Financed by El Pasoan Charles Bassett,
the Hotel El Capitan is one of several grand hotels in the west Texas
tradition designed by architect Henry Charles Trost. Trost, an
architectural draftsman in Ohio and a designer of ornamental metal in
Chicago, arrived in El Paso in 1903, bringing his interest in the
Mission Revival-style of the period with him. He formed Trost and Trost,
an architectural firm, with his brother and structural engineer
Gustavus and proceeded to design and build hundreds of buildings
throughout west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. - See more at:
http://texasmountaintrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-and-cities/sites/hotel-el-capitan#sthash.0M7pbGJr.dpuf
The
Hotel El Capitan opened in 1930 in Van Horn to serve travelers at the
crossroads of west Texas tourism. Financed by El Pasoan Charles Bassett,
the Hotel El Capitan is one of several grand hotels in the west Texas
tradition designed by architect Henry Charles Trost. Trost, an
architectural draftsman in Ohio and a designer of ornamental metal in
Chicago, arrived in El Paso in 1903, bringing his interest in the
Mission Revival-style of the period with him. He formed Trost and Trost,
an architectural firm, with his brother and structural engineer
Gustavus and proceeded to design and build hundreds of buildings
throughout west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. - See more at:
http://texasmountaintrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-and-cities/sites/hotel-el-capitan#sthash.0M7pbGJr.dpuf
The
Hotel El Capitan opened in 1930 in Van Horn to serve travelers at the
crossroads of west Texas tourism. Financed by El Pasoan Charles Bassett,
the Hotel El Capitan is one of several grand hotels in the west Texas
tradition designed by architect Henry Charles Trost. Trost, an
architectural draftsman in Ohio and a designer of ornamental metal in
Chicago, arrived in El Paso in 1903, bringing his interest in the
Mission Revival-style of the period with him. He formed Trost and Trost,
an architectural firm, with his brother and structural engineer
Gustavus and proceeded to design and build hundreds of buildings
throughout west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. - See more at:
http://texasmountaintrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-and-cities/sites/hotel-el-capitan#sthash.0M7pbGJr.dpuf
The
Hotel El Capitan opened in 1930 in Van Horn to serve travelers at the
crossroads of west Texas tourism. Financed by El Pasoan Charles Bassett,
the Hotel El Capitan is one of several grand hotels in the west Texas
tradition designed by architect Henry Charles Trost. Trost, an
architectural draftsman in Ohio and a designer of ornamental metal in
Chicago, arrived in El Paso in 1903, bringing his interest in the
Mission Revival-style of the period with him. He formed Trost and Trost,
an architectural firm, with his brother and structural engineer
Gustavus and proceeded to design and build hundreds of buildings
throughout west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. - See more at:
http://texasmountaintrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-and-cities/sites/hotel-el-capitan#sthash.0M7pbGJr.dpuf
The
Hotel El Capitan opened in 1930 in Van Horn to serve travelers at the
crossroads of west Texas tourism. Financed by El Pasoan Charles Bassett,
the Hotel El Capitan is one of several grand hotels in the west Texas
tradition designed by architect Henry Charles Trost. Trost, an
architectural draftsman in Ohio and a designer of ornamental metal in
Chicago, arrived in El Paso in 1903, bringing his interest in the
Mission Revival-style of the period with him. He formed Trost and Trost,
an architectural firm, with his brother and structural engineer
Gustavus and proceeded to design and build hundreds of buildings
throughout west Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. - See more at:
http://texasmountaintrail.com/plan-your-adventure/historic-sites-and-cities/sites/hotel-el-capitan#sthash.0M7pbGJr.dpuf
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