Need Grand Hotel ideas

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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.

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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.

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google smith pond junction there hotel looks pretty good.

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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

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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