The Ashton Hotel
Two restored Main Street buildings from 1890 and 1915, where the White Elephant Saloon once poured
Fort Worth, Fort Worth
About this stay
C. V. Winfree, a Fort Worth attorney, put up the two-storey Victorian building at 608 Main Street in 1890 for his law office. From 1896 to 1907 its ground floor held the second location of the White Elephant Saloon, which local history links to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Next door, the firm Sanguinet & Staats designed the six-storey Italianate clubhouse of the Fort Worth Club, with wrought-iron balconies, whose members included oil men such as Sid Richardson. The two buildings were connected in 1937, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and reopened as The Ashton in 2001. Today the Winfree side holds the banquet rooms, and the hotel displays original artwork by the Fort Worth Circle, the local artists active from the 1930s to the 1960s.
- 1890 Winfree Building and 1915 Fort Worth Club, joined in 1937
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- 39 rooms and suites, with original artwork by the Fort Worth Circle in the hotel
- Afternoon tea in Historic Hotels of America's Top 25 for 2023 and 2024
- Two blocks from Sundance Square, five minutes on foot to the Convention Center
- 8.8 out of 10 across 216 guest reviews
Our take
Only 39 rooms sit behind the Italianate facade of the old Fort Worth Club, which makes the Ashton the opposite of the convention towers a few blocks south. Ceilings are high, the hotel hangs original work by the Fort Worth Circle, breakfast is served at the Six10 Grille, and guests give it 8.8 out of 10 over 216 reviews. I would book it for a couple's weekend built around Sundance Square, two blocks up Main Street, or for a trade show at the Convention Center, about five minutes on foot. I would not book it for a family with young children: there is no pool, and the Stockyards and the zoo both mean waiting for the car at the valet stand.
- Afternoon tea is the hotel's signature: Historic Hotels of America named it among its Top 25 afternoon tea experiences in 2023 and 2024. In the holiday season it is also served on other days, so reserve a table before you arrive.
- The Fort Worth Herd drives its longhorns down East Exchange Avenue in the Stockyards at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the standard schedule, except Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving and Christmas; summer hours can change, so check fortworth.com the day before.
- Saturday tea runs from 2 to 4 p.m., before the 3 p.m. check-in: arriving on a Saturday, leave your bags at the front desk and go straight to your table.
- Flying out of DFW, take TEXRail from Fort Worth Central Station on Jones Street, about 600 m south-east of the hotel, seven minutes on foot: the line runs to Terminal B without a change of train.
Why we love it
- The White Elephant Saloon's old ground floor, now the banquet rooms
- Saturday afternoon tea, one of Historic Hotels of America's Top 25
- A 39-room hotel within walking distance of Sundance Square and the Convention Center
Why guests love itFor a family, the Ashton suits teenagers and adults more than small children. There is no pool, and the only exercise space is the fitness centre, so a hot Texas afternoon has to be spent outside the hotel. What it offers instead is a walkable downtown: Sundance Square and its plaza are two blocks north, the Convention Center about five minutes south on foot, and the Six10 Grille serves breakfast on site. Teenagers who like Western history get the White Elephant Saloon story under the same roof, and Saturday afternoon tea is an easy outing with grandparents. The Stockyards cattle drive and the Fort Worth Zoo both need a drive, and parking is by valet, so every outing starts with a wait for the car.
Guest reviews
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