Boulder City
Boulder Dam Hotel
Built in 1932–33 for visitors to the dam then rising; Howard Hughes recuperated here after a crash, and the Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum is inside.
- Built
- 1932–33P.S. Webb began building the hotel in 1932 and finished it in 1933; it held its grand opening in December 1933. A dining room and more rooms were added in 1934, and wings added in 1935 made the U-shaped building H-shaped (NRHP nomination).
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
W.F. Grey proposed a hotel for the new federal town of Boulder City, and builder P.S. Webb put it up in 1932-33 to house visitors to the dam then under construction. Through the 1930s it drew Bette Davis, Will Rogers, Henry Fonda, Boris Karloff and Shirley Temple, and Howard Hughes recuperated there after wrecking his plane on Lake Mead. The hotel declined when the dam closed to visitors in World War II. Restoration began in 1993, and since 2005 the Boulder City Museum and Historical Association has owned it; the Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum is inside.
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Address: 1305 Arizona St, Boulder City, NV 89005
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.