Hotel Drei Kronen Wien City was built in 1894 by famous Jugendstil architect and chief city engineer, Ignaz Drapala. Characteristic of this era in Vienna, the hotel was constructed in a late-historical style, including a magnificent facade looking out on the Wienzeile. Also typical of fin de siècle Vienna are the enormous pilasters and window framings with baroque elements.

At the time this hotel was built, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was in its heyday, with Vienna serving as imperial capital of a multi-nation state. As a symbol of this, reliefs of Austrian, Hungarian and Bohemian crowns are displayed in all their splendor above the ground-floor windows facing the Wienzeile.

The hotel and its 41 rooms are far removed from those all-too-common bed factories with their standardized rooms of today. Rather, they radiate an abundance of charm all their own, not least because of traditional approaches to building. Typical of older buildings in Vienna are those high ceilings (as much as 4 meters), rooms of varying shapes, oriels, balconies, loggias, and large windows that allow in lots of sun and light. Yet another highlight is the classic Viennese stairwell and a banister that has managed to keep its original patina.

Since it was constructed, the hotel building - now listed as a historic landmark - has served, with just a few interruptions, as a lodging establishment. In 1973, the Adler family took over this traditional property, since which time it has been managed as a family business, continually renovated and modernized. The last major remodeling of the hotel and rooms was in 2008.