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Welcome to The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers. The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers is located in the heart of historic Back Bay and is one of Boston's most recognized and renowned landmarks. Rich in history, The Park Plaza has distinguished itself with classic elegance and personalized service that continues to attract travelers from all over the world who visit Boston for business, leisure or special events.

The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers began construction in 1925 as part of the E.M. Statler Empire. E.M. Statler, one of our nation's most visionary businessmen and hoteliers, opened the hotel on March 10, 1927 as The Statler Hotel.

Statler chose the hotel's address due to its "location, location, location." The hotels original site was once beach front property where British troops landed to embark for the Battle of Lexington. The bay was later filled in to form what is now known as Boston's Back Bay.

Today The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers is located only 200 yards from the nation's first public parks, Boston Common & the Public Garden (founded in 1634 & 1837). The Public Garden, famous for its swan boats, was the inspiration for The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers logo.

During construction in 1925, The Statler Hotel was granted a last minute variance to build the 155 ft., (14 story) building, which exceeded the Massachusetts State Building code of 125 ft. This oversight, caught in the final weeks of construction, was approved by Mayor James Curley, making the hotel the tallest building in Boston by 30 ft.

Statler opted to construct the building as a multi-use hotel and office building to ensure a dependable flow of revenue. He envisioned a hotel that would serve the neglected middle class, and the new breed of commercial/traveling businessmen. The 57,651 square foot land parcel was purchased for $45,000 and originally housed 1,300 guestrooms with private baths. These rooms have now been combined to bring the hotel's current total to 941 guestrooms & suites.
  
The hotel was the first to introduce many new and modern hotel conveniences; the most popular being the implementation of guestroom radios. Other new and modern hotel conveniences being perfected at The Statler Hotel included: in-room telephones, occupancy indicators (do not disturb sign), complimentary newspaper delivery, mail & laundry chutes on each floor and the "Servidoor," a panel in each guestroom door which allowed the valet to deliver laundry without disturbing the guest.

In 1976 The Statler Hotel announced without warning that the hotel was going to close. Two weeks later it was bought by the Irving M. Saunders family and the name was changed to The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers.