Need Grand Hotel ideas

[Rex in Pinetop]

Guys my next building project is a hotel and I need some pictures/ideas of what worked for you.  My era is late 1920's to early 30's.  The theme is an established western small town supporting logging, gold mining, and ranching.  I have a firestation, several two story main street/general store type buildings, a depot, a church with stained glass windows, and a grist mill that I'm converting into an ice plant/power station all bordering a central park.  The smaller buildings include a gas station, post office, and a small resturant.  The final two buildings will be the grand hotel and then a fair size school with a baseball field.  I've been building from Garden-Texture plans and splitting my own roof shingles so I'm probably going to end up building the grand hotel to be compatible with this style.  Here are a couple pictures of some of my buildings and the newly started town -

I plan on scratch building the grand hotel but I really need some ideas.  Thanks for all your help in advance.

Rex. 

[ttrigg]

Rex:

Here is a pic of mine. It is a three-story kit from Piko that I shortened by one floor.

 

Here are a couple of 1:24 structures at the Fallbrook Museum. These are all models of real buildings that existed in Fallbrook CA.

Naples (Ellis) Hotel 1887-1958,

Fallbrook Hotel 1885-1912

 

Hope you get a "vision" from one of these.

[trent_willis]

google smith pond junction there hotel looks pretty good.

[Rex in Pinetop]

Tom,

My Chief of Staff like the naples hotel.  She also sent me a picture of the Macinaw Island hotel.  Both are a little large for my town.  The fallbrook hotel is about the right size but not "grand" enough.  Some great idea though so it gets me started.

Thanks,

Rex

[Rex in Pinetop]

Trent,

I purchased a couple sets of plans from Smith Pond Junction.  Their hotel looks nice.  The only problem I've had is their construction is on the light side.  The gas station/garage I built tends to take off in a light wind.  I think they work better indoors.  Just my opinion.  Thanks for the mention though.  I'm going to relook their plan for some ideas.

Thanks,

Rex