St Petersburg Beach - Don CeSar Beach Resort and Spa

A landmark in Saint Pete Beach, the Don CeSar Beach Resort and Spa is a large pink concrete hotel characterized by a mixture of Moorish and Mediterranean Revival features. It was built in 1928 for Irish immigrant and developer Thomas Rowe. The hotel has hosted such luminaries as F Scott Fitzgerald and Al Capone. It fell into disrepair after the army bought it to use as a hospital and veteran affairs office; finally abandoning it 1967. During the mid-1980's the hotel underwent a massive restoration to arrive at its present state.