1903 - Oriental Hotel

Oriental Hotel The Oriental Hotel on Commerce Street was the largest and most prestigious hotel in Dallas. It was in this hotel that a farewell dinner was held for Dr. Adolf Lorenz at the conclusion of his visit to Dallas that inspired development of new hospital in Dallas. It was at this dinner that Rev. George W. Truett, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, issued his famous challenge to Dallas citizens: "Is it not now time to build a great humanitarian hospital, one to which men of all creeds and those of none may come with equal confidence? "