The Driskill

The Driskill is a Romanesque-style hotel in Austin conceived and built by Col. Jesse Driskill and completed in 1886. It is frequently described in reference works as the oldest operating hotel in Austin and is considered one of the best-known hotels in Texas. Beyond its architectural and historical significance, the Driskill has a popular reputation as a purportedly haunted hotel. That reputation appears in contemporary media and local storytelling, including radio show segments that discuss "weird stories" connected to the property and accounts from visitors. The supplied sources document the hotel's construction, architectural style, founder, and its status as an operating hotel, as well as its mention in radio programming as a rumored haunted location. The available material does not provide names of specific spirits, detailed eyewitness narratives, investigative reports, or descriptions of particular supernatural phenomena, so claims of haunting in these sources remain anecdotal and described at a general level. Because the hotel's paranormal reputation is represented primarily in popular media segments and anecdotal mentions in the supplied excerpts, it occupies a place in Austin-area ghost lore and tourist-related storytelling rather than in the record as a site with corroborated, detailed apparition reports in the provided material.