Beach_Hotel_(Galveston)
Beach Hotel (Galveston)
Seasonal resort in Texas
The Beach Hotel was a seasonal resort in Galveston, Texas. Designed by architect Nicholas J. Clayton, it was built in 1882 at a price of US$260,000 (US$8.21 million in today's terms) to cater to vacationers. Owned by William H. Sinclair, the hotel opened on July 4, 1883, and was destroyed by a mysterious fire in 1898.[1][2][3]
The front lawn of the beach hotel "provided a site for summer entertainment-fireworks, high-wire walkers, and bands."[4]