Gregg Hotel is a former hotel in Longview, Texas, built in 1930 and demolished in 1995.
1930–1936 Hotel Gregg
Brick laying on the new Hotel Gregg began in early November, 1929.[1]
When the Hotel Gregg officially opened, the Longview Daily News called the event "one of the most auspicious occasions in the history of the city."[2] Guest from all over East Texas including Shreveport, Louisiana attended.
In late spring of 1931, due to the oil boom, hotel occupancy was over 100%. The dining room was converted to guest quarters with temporary partitions between the beds to handle the number of guests.[3]
On March 29, 1934, nearby Hotel Longview caught fire and burned to the ground with a loss of three lives. This left Longview with a shortage of hotel rooms which prompted a proposal to enlarge the Gregg Hotel.[4]