El Paisano Hotel

El Paisano Hotel is a historic hotel located in Marfa, Texas, United States. The hotel was designed by Trost & Trost and opened in 1930. The hotel may be best known as the location headquarters for the cast and crew of the film Giant for six weeks in the summer of 1955 The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1978.

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Type: Building
Description: historic place in Marfa, Presidio County, Texas
Also known as: “El Paisano Inn”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blackwell School National Historic Site and Chinati Foundation.

Blackwell School National Historic Site

Park

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The Blackwell School was a segregrated school in Marfa, Texas, that served the city's Hispanic population from its construction in 1909 until the end of school segregation in 1965. Blackwell School National Historic Site is situated 2,800 feet south of El Paisano Hotel.

Chinati Foundation

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The Chinati Foundation/La Fundación Chinati is a contemporary art museum located in Marfa, Texas, based upon the ideas of its founder, artist Donald Judd. Chinati Foundation is situated 1 mile south of El Paisano Hotel.