Historic Midland

The Hampton Inn came to Midland in 1989,
and was purchased in 1995 by Dr. P.V. Patel
who hired a decorator to add light and color to
an already spacious interior. In the atrium, they
hung large kites in primary colors. They added
silk plants to enhance the garden-like illusion.
Then the doctor added the crowning touch: an
eight-foot-high, 200-year-old hand-carved
pavilion, used in India for weddings and special
events, and set it into the atrium underneath
the kites.
Almost as spectacular as the décor is the
clientele Midland’s Hampton Inn has served.
The Russian Red Star Army Chorus and
Dance Ensemble came the first winter, in a
storm of boisterous good will. They staged
impromptu sing-alongs with the Inn’s other
guests. They swam in the heated pool.
“We were all exhausted when they left,”
Rebecca Frazier, the Hampton’s general manager,
remembers. “It’s a good thing the pavilion
hadn’t arrived yet, because if it had been here,
they probably would have climbed it.”
Other guests were more
sedate. A Hungarian company
following the
Russians made hardly any
noise at all.
Many public personalities
enjoy the seclusion
offered by the inner rooms
and suites. “You can have a
room that opens into the
courtyard or atrium, or a
convenient outer room,”
said Ms. Frazier.
The Hampton has several
resident patrons who live
there because of the superb
personal service as well as
for the ambience, but
some-time guests say you
don’t have to be an oldtimer
to enjoy the visit.
“They call you by name,
and they listen—and they
always make you feel at
home,” said a recent
departing guest. “That’s a
rare thing in today’s world.”
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