Majestic Hotel

Lake Charles burned on April 23, 1910, and the fire took much of downtown, including the 1890 courthouse. The Majestic, opened in 1906 at Pujo and Bilbo, came through on the strength of its own water system. The hotel kept its place afterward, and local accounts say its guests included Harry Houdini, the Eisenhowers and the Kennedys. It was razed for parking in 1965. Two months after the fire, the old Calcasieu Parish was divided into five parishes.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mardi Gras Museum of Imperial Calcasieu — 0.7 mi
  A 6,000-square-foot museum of southwest Louisiana Carnival with about 275 costume mannequins and 14 animated figures, opened in April 2026.
• Imperial Calcasieu Museum — 1.1 mi
  Lake Charles's history museum, founded by the Junior League in 1963, with parish artifacts, Claire Chennault's uniform and the Sallier Oak.
• Sam Houston Jones State Park — 5.5 mi
  A 1,087-acre park on the West Fork of the Calcasieu with longleaf pine, cypress-tupelo swamp, five trails, cabins and kayak rentals.
• Creole Nature Trail Adventure Point — 9.7 mi
  A free visitor center at the western gateway of Louisiana's only All-American Road, with exhibits on alligators, migrating songbirds and the estuary.

More markers nearby

• The Arcade Theatre and Miller Building, the Paramount and the Weber Building — steps away
• Captain Daniel Johannes Goos — 0.5 mi
• 44th Air Refueling Squadron (SAC) — 0.5 mi
• Adolphus W. Greely — 0.5 mi