After the war, Conrad moved to Texas and bought his first hotel in 1919. According to his 1979 New York Times obituary, 32-year-old Hilton had $5,000 to invest upon returning from war in 1919.

The article is, "Conrad Hilton's youthful dream realized ... was something that the hotel world needed. A strictly first-class chain of hotels; absolutely modern in every way comfortable to ...

The proprietor was renting rooms in the two-story, redbrick hotel on eight-hour shifts when the future world-famous hotelier first walked into the busy lobby. Conrad Nicholson Hilton came to the ...

The building, to be at East Second and Trinity streets, was to house the first Conrad hotel in Texas, along with luxury condominiums. Conrad is a Hilton luxury brand. Intracorp said the high-rise ...

then most recently landing under Hilton’s Conrad flag in 2023. Portman, whose other iconic hotels include the similarly modernist Hyatt Regency Atlanta and Marriott Renaissance Center Detroit ...