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Hotel Paisano
Marfa, Texas, United States · Independent · Near Luxury
Trost & Trost's Spanish Revival Hotel Paisano opened in June 1930 as a Gateway hotel for ranchers on Highway 90, eight months after groundbreaking on the eve of the crash. In 1955 Warner Brothers parked Giant here: James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson used it as headquarters while George Stevens screened dailies in the ballroom. After a timeshare collapse, Joe and Lanna Duncan restored 42 rooms, a courtyard pool, and Giant memorabilia.
- 42 rooms
- Opened 1930
- Neighborhood: Downtown Marfa
- Architect: Trost & Trost
About Hotel Paisano
- The 65-room Gateway hotel opened in June 1930 with a rooftop neon sign visible for miles on Highway 90.
- Warner Brothers used it as Giant headquarters in 1955; James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson stayed and dined here.
- After a 1970s timeshare conversion failed, Joe and Lanna Duncan bought it at auction and reopened 42 hotel rooms.
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