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Bowie House
Fort Worth, Texas, United States · Auberge Resorts · Grand Luxury
Named for Jim Bowie, the frontiersman and knife-fighter who died at the Alamo in 1836, Bowie House translates the Texas hunting lodge into a luxury hotel on a site next to the Kimbell Art Museum's Louis Kahn-designed pavilion in Fort Worth's Cultural District. The 88-key hotel, which opened in December 2023, pairs a bourbon library stocked with thousands of bottles with the steakhouse Bricks & Horses, and in 2025 Michelin awarded it Two Keys, its highest hotel distinction in Fort Worth.
- 106 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Cultural District / Camp Bowie
- Rooms from 445 sq ft (41 m²)
About Bowie House
- Named for Jim Bowie, the frontiersman and knife-fighter who died at the Alamo in 1836; the design leans on timber, leather, and custom ironwork to evoke a Texas hunting lodge.
- Built on a site directly adjacent to the Kimbell Art Museum's Louis Kahn-designed vaulted pavilion, one of the anchor buildings of Fort Worth's Cultural District.
- Its bourbon library holds thousands of bottles and organizes the bar program at Bricks & Horses, the hotel's on-site steakhouse.
- MICHELIN awarded Bowie House Two Keys in 2025, its highest hotel recognition given to a property in Fort Worth.
- Entry-level rooms start at 445 sq ft (41 m²).
History
Fort Worth's Cultural District takes its name from the cluster of world-class museums that define its western edge: the Kimbell Art Museum, with its Louis Kahn-designed vaulted pavilion; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; the Amon Carter Museum of American Art; and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. For most of the district's modern history, the dining and lodging infrastructure around these institutions was modest relative to the cultural ambition they represented. Fort Worth had long been overshadowed by Dallas in the luxury hospitality market, and the Cultural District functioned primarily as a day-trip destination for both cities rather than an address where you would want to stay overnight.
Bowie House opened in December 2023 as the property designed to change that calculus permanently. Built on a site adjacent to the Kimbell, the 88-key hotel was conceived and executed as a refined Texas hunting lodge translated into luxury hotel form — a building that makes explicit reference to the architecture and material culture of the Hill Country and the ranch lands that Fort Worth has always claimed as its identity. The hotel is named for Jim Bowie, the frontiersman and knife-fighter who died at the Alamo in 1836, and the design evokes a certain idea of Texas masculine refinement: timber and leather, a curated bourbon library with thousands of bottles, custom ironwork, and rooms appointed with the confidence of a property that knows exactly what it is.
Bricks & Horses, the hotel's steakhouse, has established itself as a serious dining address in a city that takes beef seriously. The bar program draws on the bourbon library as an organizing principle. In 2025, Michelin awarded Bowie House two Keys — the guide's highest hotel recognition for Fort Worth, and one of the higher distinctions in the Michelin hotel program nationally. For a city that had been waiting for a flagship luxury hotel worthy of its museums, Bowie House arrived as both an answer and a statement.
The setting
Fort Worth's Cultural District, near the Kimbell Art Museum and the Modern.
Restaurants and bars
- Bricks & Horses — Restaurant · Steakhouse
Experiences
- Art collection tour — Tour the extensive art collection of the hotel, much of which is available for purchase.
- Brick's and Horses restaurant — Signature restaurant with cow-hide accents, Old West-inspired photography and a dim-lit dark palette.
- Daily house social in the lobby bar — Daily house social from 4-6PM with beef fat fries and cocktails.
- In-house spa — Spa at the hotel, which won World Spa Awards Texas's Best Hotel Spa 2024.
- Buyouts — Exclusive use of the hotel giving the group privacy and total access to amenities and services.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Bourbon library
- Sauna
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
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