THE DRISKILL HOTEL, TEXAS Room 525 is rumoured to be the most haunted room in the entire hotel. It is believed that two young women who were in the hotel for their honeymoon committed suicide in the room twenty years apart from each other. For a short period of time, the room was shut close. The room was opened again during the renovation in 1998 and since then strange occurrences have been reported. Some of the reported phenomena include ghostly apparitions, unexplained leaks, sensations, distant voices and unexplained noises. The hotel’s fourth floor is also the home of a woman who committed suicide. The spirit of a female has been seen in the fourth floor. The hotel staff has also reported a woman crying on the fourth floor even when there is no one there. Lastly, there is a documented story of a young girl, who was the daughter of a Senator, met her fate while playing with her ball on the grand staircase. History The Driskill hotel was the brainchild of Col. Jesse Driskill. The hotel just cost $400,000 to complete. It originally had four stories and it occupied almost half a block. It had three archways, one on the north, south and another on the east. Six million bricks were used in the building’s construction. The architectural firm of Jasper N. Preston & Son helped design the building. Carved limestone busts of Col. Driskill and his two sons, can be seen crowning the hotel in three sides. The hotel’s grand opening was on the 20th of December 1886. It was even featured on the special edition of the Austin Daily Statesman. Then governor, Sul Ross, chose to have his inaugural ball in the hotel’s ballroom and since them it has become a Texan tradition. Through the 19th and 20th century, the hotel changed several hands. In 1930, the hotel’s original building was expanded by Trost & Trost. The hotel has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places in November 25, 1969. The most recent renovation was back in 1996.
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