Hotel Blessing

Matagorda County, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Find out more

Hotel Blessing is a historic hotel in Blessing, Texas, designed by Jules Leffland of Victoria and built in 1907 by Jonathan Edwards Pierce, the town's founder. The building exemplifies an unusual interpretation of Mission Revival architecture, distinguished by its entirely wooden façade rather than the adobe or plaster-over-brick typical of the style. Originally constructed to lodge land seekers and traveling salesmen, the hotel served as a community gathering place from its opening. After being refinished in the 1930s, it gained further prominence during World War II when soldiers' wives and girlfriends from nearby Camp Hulen frequented the establishment. Room rentals ceased in 1972, but in 1977, Pierce's grandson Able and his wife Ruth undertook a comprehensive renovation and reopened the hotel. Now operated by the Blessing Historical Society, the twenty-five-room hotel features a popular coffee shop where locals continue to gather. The building was recognized as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 1979.

Architect

Jules Leffland

Movement

Mission Revival architecture

Built: 1907
Type: hotel
Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Place: Matagorda County, United States

This building on

Architecturally similar

Location

28.87144, -96.22179