Built in 1928, the Hotel Sabine rose as a 10-story testament to the city’s oil-fueled prosperity of the late 1920s. Originally dubbed the "Hotel Vaughan" in its early days, this brick high-rise once buzzed with life, its cypress-piling foundation defying the coastal elements. By the mid-1980s, however, it fell silent, abandoned amid Port Arthur’s economic decline. Despite grand plans—like a $12 million revitalization pitched in 2015 by architect Michael Gaertner and investor Keith White to reclaim its hotel glory—the Sabine remains a derelict relic, its asbestos-laden halls whispering of a bygone era while the city debates its future.