Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
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Condado Vanderbilt Hotel
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Condado Vanderbilt Hotel 2014
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| Location | 1055 Ashford Avenue, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907 |
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| Built | 1919 |
| Architect | Warren, Whitney; Wetmore, Charles |
| Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 08001110 |
| Added to NRHP | 25 November 2008 |
Coordinates: 18°27′30.9″N 66°4′33.9″W / 18.458583°N 66.076083°W
The Condado Vanderbilt Hotel on Ashford Avenue in the district of Condado, San Juan, in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico is a hotel built in 1919. It has also been known as Grand Hotel Condado Vanderbilt, The Condado Hotel, Hotel Condado, Condado Beach Hotel, and the Hyatt Puerto Rico Hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The hotel was designed by the architectural firm Warren and Wetmore, who also designed New York's Grand Central Terminal. It was built by the Vanderbilt family and it marked the beginning of high end tourism in Puerto Rico. The hotel reopened partially on 16 October 2012, beginning December 1, 2014, its guestrooms and suites located in two adjacent 11-story towers would be made available and the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel will once again welcome guests for hotel stays and five star around-the-clock service. The renovated hotel also features five restaurants, one of which, "1919", is credited as "Puerto Rico's finest restaurant".
Construction of the Condado Vanderbilt began in 1917 by Frederick William Vanderbilt, the son of William Henry Vanderbilt. He selected the prominent architectural firm of Warren and Whitmore—which designed New York City’s Grand Central Station, as well as the Biltmore, Commodore, and Ambassador Hotels—to design the Condado Vanderbilt Hotel. On 16 October 1919, the hotel, having cost a million dollars to construct, was inaugurated. It was suggested that the early Spanish Revival style architecture be used by Fredrick Vanderbilt. Capitalizing on the property’s setting adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean, the designers created a Beaux Arts-style structure with white walls, red tiles, French windows, lofty ceilings and other design details typical of the style at the time. The original roofing featured antique Spanish tiles sourced from Puerto Rico's older Spanish buildings. The floors and the public areas including the main staircase were decorated with marble and mosaics and the area between the ocean and the hotel building was developed to help the building withstand damage from the Atlantic coast. The hotel also featured a flagstone paved terrace.Giant pandanus, several kinds of bougainvillae, fruit trees and coconut palms could also be found in the hotel's gardens.
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