Historic Hotel Del Monte Tour Guide

Hotel Del Monte Architecture

Today's Herrmann Hall is also the historic Hotel Del Monte. This 1926 artist's illustration captures the resort's allure. 

Del Monte is a blend of 19th Century Swiss Gothic and 20th Century Spanish Revival designs.

The illustration shows the distinguishing loggia of the main building along and high-pitched roofs and dormers on the 1887 wings. 

The Swiss Gothic hotel was designed by Arthur Brown, Sr. This an eastern view from 1888.

This 1920 aerial provides a view of the buildings connected by the fireproof arcades. The Roman Plunge swimming pool, built in 1915, is to the right.

Artists' renderings of the two hotels.