The Colony Hotel & Cabaña Club, in Delray Beach, Florida, is a Spanish Colonial Revival-style hotel dating from 1926, plus a separate beach-side recreation area with pool and cabañas. The hotel features Florida Mediterranean architecture in a three-story building with two domed towers.[1] It has been described as "the best known landmark" in Delray Beach.[2]
The hotel, initially known as the Alterep Hotel, was built in 1925 by a group of investors led by Albert T. Repp (for whom the hotel was named). The cost was estimated at $250,000 and another $100,000 for furnishings. It opened in approximately January 1926.[3][4] After the hotel struggled and went into receivership, it was purchased for $50,000 in 1935 by George Boughton.[5] He renamed it the Colony and owned it until his death in 1986.[6][7] While under Boughton's ownership, the Colony was open only seasonally from January to April.[8] Boughton owned another hotel in Maine that he operated during the remaining months of the year.