The Plaza Hotel (formerly University Tower) is an abandoned hotel building in College Station, Texas, USA. The building contains 300 rooms and is 17 stories high. It is located at 410 South Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840.[1]
Originally constructed to be a Ramada Inn, it was turned into private dormitory/student housing for Texas A&M University. The building was acquired and turned into The Plaza Hotel in 2004. The building is owned by Rossco Holdings, Inc. who filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas on August 2, 2010. Problems for the hotel began as early as 2008, when Brazos County health inspectors shut down the hotel's kitchen and when guests made complaints about mysterious activities. During the final months of the hotel being open, guests complained of a lack of hot water and air conditioning as well as hauntings. Some residents claimed seeing the ghost of civil war general Jack T. Anderson.
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A 12 year old boy drowned in the hotel swimming pool in July, 2007.[2]
The Swimming Pool - located in the Atrium
The Lounge - second story lounge that overlooks the Atrium Swimming Pool
The Penthouse - a fully equipped kitchen and bar area, dining room, exterior patio, three bedrooms and a master suite with bath and jacuzzi
Remington's Restaurant (formerly Maxwell's)
Plaza ballroom