Hotel Galvez celebrates 105th anniversary

Fact 1: Costing $1 million to build, the Hotel Galvez opened on June 10, 1911 as a symbol of recovery following the nation’s deadliest natural disaster, the Great Storm of 1900. Fact 1: Costing $1 million to build, the Hotel Galvez opened on June 10, 1911 as a symbol of recovery following the nation’s deadliest natural disaster, the Great Storm of 1900. Photo: WYNDHAM HOTELS AND RESORTS Photo: WYNDHAM HOTELS AND RESORTS Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Hotel Galvez celebrates 105th anniversary 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

With so many of our historic buildings being torn down to make way for newer! bigger! better! construction, it's a breath of fresh air when a Gulf Coast classic celebrates an anniversary like this.

The iconic Hotel Galvez celebrates its 105th anniversary on Friday, June 10.

Many already know that the hotel is allegedly haunted by a number of ghosts, including the "ghost bride" who has taken up eternal residency in room 505.

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So the legend goes, a woman committed suicide after hearing news that her fiance died in shipwreck. Overcome with grief, she killed herself in one of the hotel's turrets.

But there are other facts about the hotel that aren't spooky but are just as interesting. Check them out in the gallery above.