herring hotel

Once a top-tier 600-room hotel hosting presidents, Amarillo’s Herring Hotel has been empty for 50 years. A new renovation plan calls for 226 rooms and suites, a rooftop deck, pool and restored historic features in a downtown revival.

Amarillo city council approves tax-rebate package for Herring Hotel restoration continuing the rebirth of downtown Amarillo.

Journey through time with the storied Herring Hotel in Amarillo, Texas, and see it in a whole new way.

The two historic buildings in Downtown Amarillo were once eyesores in their own right.

A piece of Amarillo history could potentially disappear.

I think it might be official! The historic Herring Hotel in downtown Amarillo is finally on track to restoration!

From landmarks to eyesores, here's a glimpse inside some of Amarillo's "haunted" abandoned buildings.

You've seen this old abandoned hotel in Downtown Amarillo, but do you know what it is? Allow us to tell you about the Herring Hotel.

The iconic Herring Hotel in Amarillo is getting ready for their spring tours.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to step back into time and go back to the years when the Herring Hotel was at its prime.  Step back into one of their holiday parties?  Now you can!  It's time to celebrate the holidays in a fun and jazzy way at the Herring Hotel.

Odds are if you have lived in Amarillo and have been downtown, you have seen the Herring Hotel.  It is the old hotel that sits on 3rd street, between Buchanan and Taylor.   Back in the day it was a beautiful, top notch hotel.  Now 88 years later, it is a ghost of its old self.  However, some really amazing photographers have brought it back to life.