The Hotel Mason was located at 411 First Avenue North, Saint Petersburg, Florida.  It was owned by Franklin Mason. It opened in 1924. It was a red brick neoclassical building. It was multiple stories.  Construction costs were one and one half million dollars.  Unfortunately, it went bankrupt in 1926.

    The Gulf Hotel Company  and william Muir took over management of hotel.  The name was changed to the Princess Martha Hotel.  It operated for the next five decades.  During World War II, the hotel was a residence for recruit soldiers.   From 1976 to 1978, the First Baptist operated the hotel.  In 1989, the hotel underwent a 4 million dollar renovation.

     In 1978, the building underwent conversion to a senior community.

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Princess Martha Hotel