FIRST -- Suburban luxury hotel, Dallas TX
N 32° 46.365 W 096° 47.433
14S E 706946 N 3628255
Of all the suburban luxury hotels that dot what were once Dallas's suburbs, the Ambassador was the first
Waymark Code: WMR3XM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/09/2016
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This historic hotel opened in 1905 as The Majestic Hotel, and was the pinnacle of luxury in the Cedars neighborhood is what was at the time the City of Oak Cliff.
In the mid-19-teens, Oak Cliff was annexed by the City of Dallas, which was growing just over the Trinity River from Oak Cliff.
Anout the same time, the hotel underwent several ownership and name changes: The Park Hotel in the 1920s, and in the 1930s, found a name in The Ambassador Hotel that finally stuck.
The Ambassador Hotel has seen better days, but is once again part of an area of Dallas that is regaining some of its old cachet and energy.
A state historic marker on the front of the Ambassador Hotel reads as follows:
"THE AMBASSADOR (PARK) HOTEL
Built 1905 as city's first suburban luxury hotel, by historic public park. In 1955 became first retirement hotel.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1905
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