Austin and Main St.,Rockport, TX 78382 (see map)
MARKER TEXT Built in 1889 by civic leader and politician John H. Traylor, the Aransas Hotel covered this city block. The three-story structure, a major tourist attraction in Rockport, had about 100 rooms and a massive open dining room with a 200 person capacity. Guests were entertained by orchestras, plays, a mounted bird display, and beach facilities. They could also cruise in Traylor’s yacht, or tour in surreys from the livery stable. Remodeled and named the Del Mar in the mid-1890s, it was sold in 1910. Deteriorated by 1906 and unused during World War I, the hotel was destroyed by fire in 1919. (1996)
![Historical Marker Rockport
Aransas Hotel 2](https://aransaspathways.com/wp-content/uploads/Aransas-Hotel-2-1024x576.jpg)
![Historical Marker Rockport
Aransas Hotel 3](https://aransaspathways.com/wp-content/uploads/Aransas-Hotel-1-1024x576.jpg)
![Historical Marker Rockport
Aransas Hotel 1](https://aransaspathways.com/wp-content/uploads/H14-SITE.OF_.ARANSAS.HOTEL_.PW_-300x113.jpg)
![Historical Marker Rockport
Aransas Hotel 6](https://aransaspathways.com/wp-content/uploads/Grand-Hotels-1-1024x576.jpg)
![Historical Marker Rockport Aransas Hotel 4](https://aransaspathways.com/wp-content/uploads/Grand-Hotels-3-1024x576.jpg)
![Historical Marker Rockport
Aransas Hotel 5](https://aransaspathways.com/wp-content/uploads/Grand-Hotels-2-1024x576.jpg)