WACO, Texas – Hotel Herringbone, a boutique hotel in what was once a vacant shipping container development, is now open in downtown Waco, Texas. San Diego-based RAD LAB partnered with FreeForm Development, Lucky Find Hospitality, and local chef and restaurateur Corey McEntyre to acquire and reimagine the property occupying a full city block.
Hotel Herringbone offers 21 Art Deco-inspired hotel rooms as well as more than 30,000 square feet of space for food and beverage, music, art, events, and retail.
The hotel also offers 18,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Highlights include the 7,126-square-foot Songbird Plaza and Stage, suitable for live music and wedding ceremonies, and, on the second floor, the grand ballroom offers panoramic views of the city, including the iconic Silos and its vaulted, open-beam ceilings. This space is suitable for meetings, corporate retreats, anniversaries, holiday parties, wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners, and more. The ballroom also offers a connected patio, giving the option of an indoor and outdoor event along with an extra 875 square feet.
“The primary objective of Hotel Herringbone is to offer visitors, guests, and the Waco community a place to gather together for an elevated entertainment experience,” a press release states. “With that in mind, the Hotel Herringbone team designed and built a beautifully landscaped 15,000-square-foot public plaza showcasing 12 highly curated retail spaces for visitors to stroll into; a shaded outdoor space for children to play in while parents eat, drink, and shop; and a large stage for regular live music performances.”
The 21 rooms at the boutique hotel’s rooms range in size—from a 230-square-foot entry-level room to a 1,300-square-foot multiple-bedroom presidential suite featuring three king beds and a large outdoor terrace with tropical flora, soft seating, and fire pits.
Interior designer Taylor Leage incorporated varied design elements from all corners of the world. “We aimed to showcase layered elements stemming from the wide-ranging regions and history through the lens of a 20th-century world traveler and her husband, evoking the feeling of your grandmother’s attic filled to the brim and brought to life as if it were brand new,” says Leage. “The design also aimed to highlight the existing architecture created by the modular pods on the exterior, but once inside, it transforms into a world of nostalgia reminiscent of a feeling with no specific time or place. To execute this, we used a wide array of design aesthetics, from old-world to retro-mod. Art Nouveau detailing is balanced out with modern futuristic forms and is bright, bold, and modern.”
