Carpenter Hotel sits on the site of the former Carpenters Local 1266 Union Hall, built in 1948, with the original building serving as the heart and entrance of the hotel. The original meeting hall built in 1948 has been reimagined as our front desk, café and restaurant. 400 Josephine Street is the historic site of the Carpenters Local 1266 Union Hall, built in 1948, and its original building serves as the heart and entrance of the hotel along with our café and full-service restaurant, Carpenters Hall.
It’s still a place for folks to meet up and to share space and community. The hotel is a newly built concrete frame with terra-cotta masonry from historic D’Hanis, Texas. Much of the exterior and interior details have been maintained, including the windows, doors, bank windows, safe, wood veneer and vitrines.
Where new fixtures were brought in, Old Texas served as a rich source of material. Bowling alley banquettes were reproduced as seating in the hall, vintage stadium speakers were retrofitted to play music in the lobby, and biergarten furniture abounds as flexible seating around the property. The restaurant and lobby feature pecan wood boards from fallen or damaged trees.
The hotel was designed to offer fresh air at every turn, from the open-air stairwell and hallways to each room’s private terrace.