Western Hotel, Historic hotel museum in Lancaster, United States

The Western Hotel is a two-story 1888 building at 557 West Lancaster Boulevard, now a small museum with free tours. It was built by the Gilroy family beside a Southern Pacific train stop of 1876, and its large dining room later served as the town's meeting place. A California Historic Landmark marker, No. 658, stands on the site.

The Gilroy family built the hotel in 1888 beside a Southern Pacific stop established in 1876 on the line linking San Francisco and Los Angeles. George T. Webber bought it in 1902 and ran it as the Western Hotel. It was named California Historical Landmark No. 658 on September 26, 1958. A 1972 fire left it damaged and threatened with demolition until Tri Robinson's eighth-grade class at Park View Intermediate School campaigned to save it in 1974.

The dining room hosted the founding of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, church socials, quilting bees, card parties and civic club meetings. A California Historic Landmark marker at the site records that the Chamber was organized in this room.

The hotel stands at 557 West Lancaster Boulevard, west of the city centre, near the site of the 1876 Southern Pacific train stop. The 1888 building was damaged by fire in 1972 and was remodelled as a small museum in 1992; tours are free. The German text's claim of weekend-only opening is unsupported, so confirm days and hours before travelling.

Between 1905 and 1913, the building housed workers involved in constructing a major water project that transported water from the eastern mountains to California's largest city. This period turned the hotel into a temporary hub for one of the region's most significant engineering undertakings.