Qualla: El Paisano Hotel https://qualla.com/el-paisano-hotel en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/q/h/el-paisano-hotel-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: El Paisano Hotel https://qualla.com/el-paisano-hotel El Paisano Hotel: Introduction https://qualla.com/el-paisano-hotel/ Photo credit Nzeemin, CC BY-SA 3.0. In the summer of 1955, more than 300 Hollywood cast and crew members descended on the remote West Texas town of Marfa to film Giant, the epic saga of Texas oil and cattle wealth. Their headquarters was the El Paisano Hotel, a Spanish Revival landmark built in 1930 that had served cattlemen and health tourists seeking the benefits of the dry desert air. For six weeks, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and director George Stevens lived in this U-shaped courtyard hotel with its fifty-foot fountain, transforming a regional gem into a piece of American cinema history.

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/q/h/el-paisano-hotel-wp/9tqh-el-paisano-hotel-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full El Paisano Hotel: A Hotel for Cattlemen https://qualla.com/el-paisano-hotel/ Photo credit Sundowner59, CC BY-SA 3.0. Charles N. Bassett of El Paso commissioned the El Paisano Hotel in 1930, hiring the renowned regional architect Henry C. Trost of Trost & Trost to design the building. Trost created a Spanish Revival masterpiece with a distinctive U-shaped floor plan wrapped around a fifty-by-fif...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/q/h/el-paisano-hotel-wp/9tqh-el-paisano-hotel-a-hotel-for-cattlemen.mp3 0:06 2 full El Paisano Hotel: When Hollywood Came to Town https://qualla.com/el-paisano-hotel/ Photo credit Sundowner59, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1955, director George Stevens chose Presidio County as the location for Warner Bros.' ambitious film adaptation of Edna Ferber's novel Giant. The production brought over 300 cast and crew members to Marfa, and the El Paisano Hotel became their base of operations. James Dean, t...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/q/h/el-paisano-hotel-wp/9tqh-el-paisano-hotel-when-hollywood-came-to-town.mp3 0:06 3 full El Paisano Hotel: Boom, Bust, and Resurrection https://qualla.com/el-paisano-hotel/ Photo credit Sundowner59, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1970, Gary and Carolyn Rogers purchased the El Paisano and moved their family into the hotel itself, their children enjoying pottery and piano lessons from two retired ladies who lived permanently in the building. The hotel thrived with a busy restaurant and bar until the Roge...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/q/h/el-paisano-hotel-wp/9tqh-el-paisano-hotel-boom-bust-and-resurrection.mp3 0:06 4 full El Paisano Hotel: A Living Landmark https://qualla.com/el-paisano-hotel/ Photo credit Jonathunder, Public domain. The El Paisano Hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 1, 1978, recognized as one of the finest examples of Spanish Revival architecture in Texas. The building also carries the designation of Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Today the hotel operates...

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